Podcaster Joe Rogan continued to knock the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) workplace raids that have become a hallmark of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown, calling the effort “insane” on Tuesday’s episode of his show.
“It’s insane,” Rogan, who endorsed President Trump in his reelection bid last fall, said on “The Joe Rogan Experience.” “Not cartel members, not gang members, not drug dealers — just construction workers.”
“Showing up on construction sites, raiding them,” he continued, shaking his head. “Gardeners. Like, really?”
Rogan previously blasted the ICE raids last month, calling them “f—ing nuts.”
Trump campaigned on more aggressive immigration enforcement, but he has faced some backlash over the raids targeting migrant workers. Mass protests broke out in Los Angeles last month as word spread that ICE was conducting raids in California, and Trump sent thousands of National Guard members and Marines to protect federal workers and property during the demonstrations.
The Trump administration briefly paused workplace raids at hotels, restaurants and farms in mid-June, but ICE agents were told to return to targeting those sites June 17 to meet the White House’s ambitious goal of 3,000 migrant arrests per day. The administration has repeatedly defended arresting and deporting migrants without legal status.
“Worksite enforcement remains a cornerstone of our efforts to safeguard public safety, national security and economic stability,” Homeland Security Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said in a statement as the raids resumed.
“These operations target illegal employment networks that undermine American workers, destabilize labor markets and expose critical infrastructure to exploitation,” she continued.
