Billie Eilish Calls Out ICE At Award Show: ‘We’re Seeing Our Neighbors Being Kidnapped’ | EUROtoday

Grammy winner Billie Eilish is as soon as once more utilizing her voice in additional methods than one.

The “What Was I Made For?” singer seemingly discovered a solution whereas accepting the 2026 MLK Jr. Beloved Community Award For Environmental Justice on Saturday — and known as out President Donald Trump for his hard-line immigration and mass deportation agenda.

“To be honest, I really don’t feel deserving,” Eilish mentioned on the King Center in Atlanta. “And it’s very strange to be celebrated for working toward environmental justice at a time where it feels less achievable than ever, given the state of our country and the world right now.”

The 24-year-old was publicly slammed earlier this month by the Department of Homeland Security for her “garbage rhetoric” on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s deadly taking pictures of Renee Good in Minnesota, however didn’t let that cease her from talking out Saturday.

“We’re seeing our neighbors being kidnapped, peaceful protesters being assaulted and murdered, our civil rights being stripped, resources to fight the climate crisis being cut, fossil fuels and animal agriculture destroying our planet and people’s health, access to food and health care becoming a privilege for the wealthy instead of a basic human right for all Americans,” she mentioned.

Eilish, studying from a small piece of paper, continued: “It is very clear that protecting our planet and our communities are not a priority for this administration. And it’s really hard to celebrate that when we no longer feel safe in our homes or in our streets.”

The two-time Oscar winner has lengthy used her superstar standing to advocate for local weather change consciousness, utilizing her songs and music movies to additional the trouble and donating proceeds from her live performance tickets to a Climate Impact Fund run by the Reverb nonprofit.

Eilish has additionally began utilizing acceptance speeches to remind the rich of their privilege.

The singer argued in October from the rostrum of the WSJ Magazine Innovator Awards that the wealthy ought to assist “people that need it,” ordering billionaires to “give your money away” — and revealing she could be donating $11.5 million to teams engaged on local weather justice.

She has additionally overtly insulted Trump and his former adviser, tech billionaire Elon Musk.

Eilish condemned ICE earlier this month by resharing a sequence of Instagram tales, one in every of which known as the company a “federally funded and supported terrorist group” that’s “tearing apart families, terrorizing citizens” and “murdering innocent people” beneath Trump.

In an announcement to Billboard on the time, DHS assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin pointed to footage of Good’s killing, claiming the video “corroborates” that the ICE officer who pulled the set off was performing in self-defense.

Eilish discovered grace Saturday regardless of the overwhelming realities of life in 2026.

“I am so inspired by all of the stories and the other honorees tonight and everyone in this room, and I’m grateful to everyone for the huge community of people who are taking action centered on Dr. King’s message,” the singer acknowledged earlier than reflecting even additional.

She mentioned, “I just want to thank my mom, both my parents, for raising me the way they did. I wouldn’t be doing any of this if it weren’t for you, Mom. … I have this platform and I think it’s my responsibility to use it. So I feel like I’m just doing what anyone in my position should be doing.”