ICE Will ‘Be All Over’ Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show, Kristi Noem Says

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents will “be all over” Super Bowl LX, where Bad Bunny will perform at halftime, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem 

In a new interview with The Benny Show’s Benny Johnson, Noem, 53, confirmed that ICE agents will be at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., next February for the NFL game.

The news comes after the Puerto Rican musician — who previously opted not to take his Debí Tirar Más Fotos World Tour to the U.S. due to President Donald Trump‘s administration’s use of ICE for immigration crackdown — was announced as the Super Bowl LX Halftime Show performer.

In a clip from The Benny Show podcast, which Johnson shared on X on Oct. 3, Noem told the conservative political commentator that “there will be” ICE agents present at the Feb. 8 event, “because the Department of Homeland Security is responsible for keeping it safe.”

“So I have the responsibility for making sure everybody who goes to the Super Bowl has the opportunity to enjoy it and to leave, and that’s what America is about,” she continued.

“So yeah, we’ll be all over that place,” added Noem, a vocal supporter of Trump. “We are going to enforce the law. So I think people should not be coming to the Super Bowl unless they’re law-abiding Americans who love this country.”

Johnson also asked the homeland security secretary whether she has a message for the NFL, seemingly referring to its decision to have Bad Bunny perform.

“Well, they suck and we’ll win, and God will bless us and we’ll stand and be proud of ourselves at the end of the day,” said Noem. “And they won’t be able to sleep at night, ‘cause they don’t know what they believe, and they’re so weak. We’ll fix it.”

Noem’s message about ICE comes two days after Corey Lewandowski — a top adviser on Donald Trump‘s 2016 and 2024 campaigns, who now supports the Department of Homeland Security — made similar statements, also on The Benny Show.

During the Oct. 1 episode, Johnson asked Lewandowski if “ICE will have enforcement at the Super Bowl for the Bad Bunny halftime show,” and the Trump adviser replied, “There is nowhere you can provide safe haven to people who are in this country illegally.”

“Not the Super Bowl and nowhere else. We will find you and apprehend you and put you in a detention facility and deport you,” Lewandowski continued. “So know that is a very real situation under this administration, which is contrary to how it used to be.”

Bad Bunny, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, was confirmed as next year’s headlining act at the NFL event on Sept. 28. In a statement following the announcement, the rapper-singer, 31, said the performance is “for my people, my culture, and our history.”

He also spoke about the career moment in an X post, writing, “I’ve been thinking about it these days, and after discussing it with my team, I think I’ll do just one date in the United States,” referencing his decision to skip touring the U.S.

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The “Yo Perreo Sola” singer previously opened up about the decision in an i-D cover story in September, stating, “There were many reasons why I didn’t show up in the U.S., and none of them were out of hate — I’ve performed there many times. All of [the shows] have been successful. All of them have been magnificent.”

“I’ve enjoyed connecting with Latinos who have been living in the U.S., but specifically, for a residency here in Puerto Rico, when we are an unincorporated territory of the U.S. … People from the U.S. could come here to see the show,” the singer continued, adding that “Latinos and Puerto Ricans of the United States could also travel here, or to any part of the world.”

“But there was the issue of — like, f—ing ICE could be outside [my concert],” he told i-D. “And it’s something that we were talking about and very concerned about.”