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Country Star Zach Bryan Slams ICE In Fiery New Song Amid Rise In Immigration Raids

Published on October 8, 2025

The lyrics of a new song by Grammy-winning country music musician Zach Bryan criticize Donald Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

On October 3, the former US Navy veteran posted a brief snippet of his unreleased song.

Unveiling the lyrics to his 4.9 million Instagram followers, Bryan sang: “I heard the cops came/ Cocky m*****s, ain’t they?”

“And ICE is gonna come bust down your door / Try to build a house no one builds no more / But I got a telephone / Kids are all scared and all alone.”

He continued: “The middle finger’s rising, and it won’t stop showing / Got some bad news / The fading of the red, white and blue.”

Bryan then captioned the voice note with the line “The fading of the red, white and blue.”

Following Donald Trump’s January return to the White House for his second term as president, ICE activity has increased.

Despite his criticism of ICE, Bryan has a long history of supporting the military, having spent eight years in the Navy.

Born in Okinawa, Japan, where his parents were deployed, Bryan joined the military as a second-class Aviation Ordnanceman at the age of 17.

Before being granted an honorable release in 2021 to pursue his musical career, he performed on tours in Bahrain and Djibouti.

In an Instagram post, Bryan reflected on his experience in the military, writing, “It really made me a man.”

“If it was my decision, I would never get out of the worlds greatest Navy, but here I am and they kindly honorably discharged me to go play some music.”

He continued, “The best eight years of my life were spent serving the best country in the whole damn world.”

In 2023, the “I Remember Everything’ star’s mugshot went viral when he was arrested by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol for obstruction in Vinita, Oklahoma.”

Bryan acknowledged being ‘out of line’ in a social media video before being released on bond.

Bryan is not the first well-known figure to openly criticize the growing number of ICE operations.

Due to concerns about agents attending his performances, Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny announced that he would be avoiding the United States for his Debí Tirar Más Fotos World Tour.

The tour, which begins in the Dominican Republic next month and ends in Belgium in July 2026, is scheduled to include 57 performances by him.

“There were many reasons why I didn’t show up in the US, and none of them were out of hate – I’ve performed there many times,” he said in an interview with Variety, adding that all of his shows have been ‘magnificent’ on US soil.

But he stated that while ‘the issue’ of ‘f**king ICE’ would prevent Americans from attending his concerts in the United States, they ‘could come’ to Puerto Rico.

But as it turns out, the rapper, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, will indeed be visiting the United States.

Following Ocasio’s confirmation as the February Super Bowl Halftime Show performer, his hypocrisy sparked a great deal of criticism.

“Everyone is happy about it – even Fox News,” Bad Bunny said in his opening monologue when hosting Saturday Night Live on October 4, a playful jab at his detractors.

The rapper then thanked Latinos and Latinas of the world and the US, adding, “Our footprints and our contribution in this country, no one will ever be able to take that away or erase it.”

Corey Lewandowski, a Trump advisor, announced that ICE officers would be present at the Super Bowl.

“There is nowhere you can provide safe haven to people who are in this country illegally. Not the Super Bowl and no where else. We will find and deport you,” he said.

“I don’t care if it’s a concert for Johnny Smith or Bad Bunny or anybody else. We’re going to do enforcement everywhere.”

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