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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has confirmed that ICE agents will conduct law enforcement during Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara, California on February 8.
Tricia McLaughlin Yoho, DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, told TMZ Sports, “DHS is committed to working with our local and federal partners to ensure the Super Bowl is safe for everyone involved, as we do with any major sporting event, including the World Cup.”
“Our mission remains unchanged.”
Thus, the ICE will be visible around Levi’s Stadium before the match between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks, winners of their respective conferences, after the competitions on Sunday.
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Gregory Bovino, El Centro Sector Chief Patrol Agent and Commander of Operation At Large CA, walks with federal agents toward the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building in Los Angeles on August 14, 2025. (Carlin Stiehl/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
DHS adviser Corey Lewandowski said last October that the app was a “directive from the president” and would not be suspended for the Super Bowl.
“There is nowhere you can provide sanctuary to people who are in this country illegally,” Lewandowski said on “The Benny Show” podcast. “Not at the Super Bowl and nowhere else. We will find you and deport you. This is a very real situation.”
This directive from President Donald Trump comes after he recently said he would boycott the Super Bowl, while blasting the halftime show choice of Bad Bunny and now Green Day.
Trump to skip Super Bowl in California and criticize artists Bad Bunny and Green Day
Trump attended last year’s game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs in New Orleans, Louisiana.
“It’s just too far,” Trump told the New York Post. “I would, I [gotten] big hands [at] the Super Bowl. They like me.
“I would if, you know, it was a little shorter.”
Trump has openly criticized Bad Bunny since he was cast, telling Newsmax, “I don’t know who he is,” despite his enormous popularity around the world.
Bad Bunny receives the award for best urban music album for “Un Verano Sin Ti”. (Robert Hanashiro/USA TODAY NETWORK)
“I don’t know why they do this. And then they blame a promoter that they hired to provide entertainment. I think it’s absolutely ridiculous.”
Green Day was therefore selected last week to play before kick-off at Levi’s Stadium. Bad Bunny and Green Day have expressed their dislike for Trump.
Bad Bunny, the Grammy-winning Puerto Rican artist whose birth name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, has been criticized by Trump and his supporters given his public comments about the president and his administration. The 31-year-old, who won three Grammys, has expressed his fears about ICE, which is why he decided to do a residency in his native Puerto Rico to avoid stopovers in the United States.
“But there was the problem that fucking ICE might be outside. [my concert]. And that’s something that we were talking about and that we’re very concerned about,” he told iD.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell addressed the controversy surrounding Bad Bunny’s October 2025 pick at the league’s annual fall meeting.
U.S. President Donald Trump takes the field before Super Bowl LIX between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles at Caesars Superdome February 9, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
“It’s carefully thought out,” Goodell said of the decision-making process for the halftime show. “I’m not sure we’ve ever selected an artist that we didn’t get backlash or criticism for. That’s pretty hard to do when you have literally hundreds of millions of people watching.
“[Bad Bunny] is one of the most important and popular artists in the world,” the curator said. “That’s what we’re trying to achieve. This is an important step for us. This is an important part of entertainment value. »
The Super Bowl typically requires robust logistical plans for law enforcement, where government agencies help local authorities maintain a safe environment for the thousands of people converging on the host city.
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent waits as a group of undocumented men, not pictured, are deported to Mexico at the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego, California, U.S., Thursday, February 26, 2015. (David Maung/Bloomberg)
“Super Bowl security will require a whole-of-government response, consistent with the U.S. Constitution,” added McLaughlin Yoho.
“Those who are here legally and do not break other laws have nothing to fear.”
