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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell answered questions about the possibility of Bad Bunny making a political statement during the Super Bowl LX halftime show and the operations of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during his press conference on Monday.
Last year, Bad Bunny was chosen as the Super Bowl halftime show performer despite his scathing criticism of ICE. The Puerto Rican music star won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year and received more criticism of ICE on stage in Los Angeles.
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Bad Bunny accepts the award for Album of the Year for “DeBí TiRaR MáS FOToS” at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, February 1, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
“Look, Bad Bunny is, and I think it was demonstrated last night, one of the greatest artists in the world and that’s one of the reasons we cast him,” Goodell said. “But the other reason is he understood the platform that he was on and that platform is used to unite people and to be able to bring people together with their creativity, with their talents and to be able to use this moment to do that and I think artists of the past have done that.
“I think Bad Bunny understands that and I think he’ll put in a great performance.”
As for ICE, officials were expected to have a visible presence around Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell speaks during his State of the NFL press conference Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, in San Jose, Calif., before the Super Bowl LX football game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots. (AP Photo/Matt York)
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Deputy Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin said last month that federal officials were committed to working with local and state law enforcement to ensure security for the Super Bowl.
“Security is obviously one of the things we’re most focused on. This is a SEAR (Special Event Assessment Rating) Level 1 event that involves unique assets at the federal, state and local levels all working together,” Goodell said. “I don’t see any change in the preparations for the Super Bowl. We haven’t seen that.
A federal law enforcement officer outside a home during a raid in south Minneapolis, Minnesota, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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“We’re working with all three of those levels and doing everything we can to ensure a safe environment and the federal government plays a big role in that, including this administration and every other administration before this. I think SEAR 1 is probably the category that we’ve had since at least the turn of the century, if not before. So I just anticipate that we’ll continue to do the work to make this the safest event.”
