The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has confirmed that ICE agents will be on site at Super Bowl LX to capture migrants.
Despite the growing opposition inspired by events in Minnesota, ICE agents will carry on with immigration enforcement operations at Super Bowl LX.
On January 26, Tricia McLaughlin confirmed the news with TMZ. She stated, “DHS is committed to working with our local and federal partners to ensure the Super Bowl is safe for everyone involved, as we do with every major sporting event, including the World Cup. Our mission remains unchanged.”
She added, “We will not disclose future operations or discuss personnel.”
Back in October 2025, Corey Lewandowski, chief adviser to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, threatened the presence of ICE agents at the game. The threat came as a response to Roc Nation, the NFL, and Apple Music announcement of Bad Bunny as headliner for the 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show.
“We will deport you”
“There is nowhere that you can provide safe haven to people who are in the country illegally, not the Super Bowl not anywhere else,” Lewandowski said on The Benny Johnson Show.
“We will find you. We will apprehend you. We will put you in a detention facility, and we will deport you. So know that that is a very real situation under this administration, which is completely contrary to how it used to be,” he said at the time.
On the podcast, Lewandowski criticized the NFL’s decision to have Bad Bunny, the first Latin male to headline the halftime show, perform.
“It’s so shameful that they’ve decided to pick somebody who just seems to hate America so much to represent them at the halftime (show),” said Lewandowski, whom President Trump appointed to the Homeland Security Advisory Council in June 2025. “I was at the Super Bowl [earlier this] year with President Trump. I had the chance to be in Louisiana in his box and watch the game, and got to enjoy that.
Trump’s immigration forces have been active in California since last year and moved into Downtown Los Angeles in June, where they were met with widespread protests, compelling the president to federalize the state’s National Guard to help keep the peace, despite Gov. Gavin Newsom and L.A. Mayor Karen Bass warning that the escalation risked inflaming the situation.
The NFL championship game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots will be held at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, on Sunday, February 8.