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Department of Homeland Security tell Chappell Roan to "get a grip" after she decried ICE at Pasadena concert
https://www.nme.com/news/music/department-of-homeland-security-tell-chappell-roan-to-get-a-grip-after-she-decried-ice-at-pasadena-concert-3898721-snip-
At the first of two appearances at Pasadena’s Rose Bowl-adjacent Brookside venue on Friday night (October 10), the pop superstar reflected on her roots and love of LA, calling it her “favourite city in the world”.
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“Oh,” she added, “Fuck ICE forever.” After she repeated the phrase, the crowd joined in and began chanting it.
Roan’s words triggered a response from the Department of Homeland Security’s Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, Tricia McLaughlin, who told TMZ: “‘Pink Pony Club’ is good. Pedophiles are bad. That’s who we’re getting off of our streets. Get a grip.”
As noted in a report by The Guardian in September, data released by the government shows that immigrants with no criminal record now make up the largest group in US immigration detention.
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At the first of two appearances at Pasadena’s Rose Bowl-adjacent Brookside venue on Friday night (October 10), the pop superstar reflected on her roots and love of LA, calling it her “favourite city in the world”.
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“Oh,” she added, “Fuck ICE forever.” After she repeated the phrase, the crowd joined in and began chanting it.
Roan’s words triggered a response from the Department of Homeland Security’s Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, Tricia McLaughlin, who told TMZ: “‘Pink Pony Club’ is good. Pedophiles are bad. That’s who we’re getting off of our streets. Get a grip.”
As noted in a report by The Guardian in September, data released by the government shows that immigrants with no criminal record now make up the largest group in US immigration detention.
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Video of Chappell saying that in the article.
And if ICE wants pedophiles off the streets, they can start with the pedophile in the White House. He's a citizen, but so are other people they've gone after.
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