Karol G says she has been told she could wake up to find her visa taken away if she speaks publicly against U.S. immigration agency ICE. The Colombian singer said she does not want to stop at a single cry of “ICE Out” and walk away, and that she intends to use her platform to speak for her community.
“Lepiej tego nie rób... Bo jak się odezwiesz, to może nazajutrz zadzwonią do ciebie: Hej, zabieramy ci wiz,” she said, adding that people can become “pionki” when others want to show their power. She said her goal is bigger than one slogan: “Nie chcę poprzestać na jednym okrzyku ‘ICE Out’ i już nic z tym nie zrobić... Pewnie pójdę o krok dalej. Po prostu chcę być głosem mojej społeczności.”
The comments land as Coachella got underway on April 10, with Karol G set to close the Sunday portion of the festival on both weekends. She is the first Latin American artist to be a night headliner at the desert festival, a slot that gives her one of the widest stages in music right now and turns her remarks into something bigger than a backstage aside.
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Karol G said ICE regularly carries out raids in neighborhoods inhabited by Latinos, which is why the issue cuts so close to home for her audience. She is viewed as a model for the Latin community, and her decision to speak out puts her in a line with other artists who have criticized ICE before her, including Bruce Springsteen, Bad Bunny, Billie Eilish, Becky G and Cardi B.
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Bad Bunny has already used a major stage to make the same point, saying, “Before I say thanks to God, I’m going to say: ICE out.” Karol G is making a similar choice now, and the question is no longer whether she is willing to speak — it is whether a star of her size can say it out loud without paying a professional price.
