Radiohead publicly demand ICE to take down video utilizing the band’s track | EUROtoday

British rock band Radiohead has publicly demanded the removing of a promotional video by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) company, which controversially options their track ‘Let Down’.

The company, whose immigration enforcement strategies confronted widespread condemnation from human rights advocates throughout President Donald Trump’s hardline crackdown, uploaded the video final week.

In a scathing assertion issued to media shops, Radiohead declared: “We demand that the amateurs in control of the ICE social media account take it down. It ain’t funny, this song means a lot to us and other people, and you don’t get to appropriate it without a fight.”

ICE didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark outdoors of enterprise hours.

The track’s model appeared as a soundtrack to the video that confirmed a montage of victims of violence that ICE attributed to immigrants who’re within the U.S. illegally.

Radiohead stated the track was used with out the band’s permission.

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The Trump administration has used ICE in an immigration crackdown and deportation drive that has been condemned by human rights advocates, particularly after the January deadly shootings of two U.S. residents by federal brokers in Minnesota. Many celebrities have additionally beforehand condemned ICE.

Rights teams say the crackdown has created a fearful setting for each residents and immigrants, particularly for minority teams.

Around the nation, a minimum of eight individuals have died in ICE detention facilities for the reason that begin of 2026, following a minimum of 31 deaths final yr.

Rights advocates have additionally raised free speech and due course of issues in ICE’s detention and tried deportations of pro-Palestinian overseas protesters who opposed U.S. ally Israel’s assault on Gaza.

Trump has solid his crackdown as aiming to curb unlawful immigration and enhance home safety.