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Olivia Rodrigo Speaks Out Amid Anti-ICE Protests:

‘LA Simply Wouldn’t Exist Without Immigrants’

Story by Mitchell Peters

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Olivia Rodrigo is adding her voice to the growing outcry over federal immigration raids in Southern California.

“I’ve lived in LA my whole life, and I’m deeply upset about these violent deportations of my neighbors under the current administration, Rodrigo wrote on her Instagram Story. LA simply wouldn’t exist without immigrants. Treating hardworking community members with such little respect, empathy, and due process is awful. I stand with the beautiful, diverse community of Los Angeles and with immigrants all across America. I stand for our right to freedom of speech and freedom to protest.”

Rodrigo isn’t the only music star raising her voice in response to the recent ICE raids and National Guard presence in Los Angeles. Following President Trump’s early June deployment of National Guard troops to the city, a wave of artists – including Tyler, The Creator, Finneas, The Game, Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, Kehlani, Tom Morello, Reneé Rapp and Rebecca Black – have publicly condemned the administration’s actions. Many California officials have denounced the deployment as unconstitutional and inflammatory.

“F-K ICE,” Tyler wrote on his Instagram Story, sharing a clip from the 2002 film Paid in Full in which the phrase is chanted repeatedly. Finneas also spoke out after claiming he was tear-gassed while attending what he described as a “very peaceful” protest in downtown L.A. “Tear-gassed almost immediately at the very peaceful protest downtown. They’re inciting this,” the Grammy-winning artist and producer posted June 8 on his Instagram Story.

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