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Miguel calls for 'ICE Out' during concert amid Trump's State of the Union - USA Today

During a sold-out concert at Radio City Music Hall on February 24, singer Miguel publicly expressed his opposition to the Trump administration's immigration policies by writing "ICE OUT" on a prop car and leading the crowd in chants. He also shared his anguish about the state of the world and the divisiveness in society, referencing President Trump's first State of the Union address. Miguel emphasized the importance of solidarity and moral clarity amid political tensions.

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Miguel calls for 'ICE Out' during concert amid Trump's State of the Union - USA Today

As President Donald Trump was giving his State of the Union address, the singer-songwriter performed during a sold-out Radio City Music Hall concert on his Caos Tour Feb. 24 – and he had a pointed message for the Trump administration.

Early in the concert, the "Sure Thing" artist hopped onto the stage with a can of spray paint, crouching down and writing the words "ICE OUT" onto the door of an overturned prop car.

"Yeah, there's nothing more important than holding each other down in these crazy [expletive] times," he said to the crowd. "In solidarity with the people, man."

"Let's see if we can't get ICE out. ICE out! ICE out!" he chanted, leading the crowd in saying it (as well as a NSFW version later in the night) before diving into his song "New Martyrs (Ride 4 U)."

Later in the show he lamented about his anger about the state of the world: "Trying to stay focused and be better than I was yesterday. Hell yeah I'm mad, aren't you mad?"

Trump addressed lawmakers, officials and more from the podium Feb. 24 for his first State of the Union address of his second term. "Our nation is back," Trump said during his speech, which lasted 1 hour and 48 minutes.

"It was like a 'Twilight Zone'," Miguel previously told USA TODAY of Trump's first term as president, which was "an execution of divisiveness on a stage like the presidency" that "actually inspired people to be outspoken about maybe what they were holding close to their chest in terms of how they felt about their fellow citizens … [or] about people of other ethnicities and religious beliefs."

He continued: "I'm not a politician. I don't pretend to be, I'm not a scholar in this way, but I know that we are born with a sense of what is right and wrong. And I would wager my career on the fact that most people are looking at what's happening and feel like something is not right."

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