"Artists accepting awards at this year's Grammys ceremony have used their time on the podium to denounce the United States government's crackdown on immigrants. Artists, including Bad Bunny and Billie Eilish, wore badges reading ICE OUT and used their acceptance speeches at Sunday's ceremony to express their outrage over the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids that have provoked furious protests and resulted in several deaths on the streets and among those in detention."
"The celebrity pushback came amid a surging public backlash against ICE operations in multiple cities, which have led to widespread protests over the fatal shootings of two American citizens by federal agents and the arrest of five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father. Ice out, said Puerto Rican star Bad Bunny, collecting a Grammy for his album Debi Tirar Mas Fotos. We're not savages, we're not animals, we're not aliens; we are humans, and we are Americans."
"Damian Kulash, lead vocalist of the band OK Go, told news agency Reuters that feeling any sense of joy and lightness at the event felt a little bit irresponsible. Our own government has raised an army of masked anonymous men to attack its own people, and that feels utterly irresponsible for us to be celebrating anything right now, he said."
Grammy performers used acceptance speeches and ICE OUT badges to denounce Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids and the government's crackdown on immigrants. The protests follow ICE operations in multiple cities that sparked public backlash, fatal shootings of two American citizens by federal agents, and arrests including five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father. Bad Bunny reiterated human dignity and faces heightened security scrutiny for his upcoming Super Bowl halftime show. Billie Eilish directly condemned ICE and asserted that no one is illegal on stolen land. OK Go's Damian Kulash called celebrating amid government-led violence irresponsible.
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