Rage Against The Machine have directed strongly-worded criticism at US politicians from both the Republican and Democratic parties over the recent surge in ICE raids authorised by Donald Trump's administration.
On January 20 this year, the White House declared new measures for 'Protecting The American People Against Invasion', claiming that "millions of illegal aliens" had entered the United States across the four years of Joe Biden's presidency, and alleging that "many of these aliens unlawfully within the United States present significant threats to national security and public safety, committing vile and heinous acts against innocent Americans."
Since then, there has been an upsurge in activities aimed at identifying and detaining illegal immigrants in the US, and a policy of mass deportations, in line with promises Trump made to the electorate during his successful campaign to return to the White House for a second term. In recent weeks there has been a backlash among immigrant communities in the US, with Trump ordering the National Guard into Los Angeles to quell protests, against the wishes of the state's Democratic governor Gavin Newsom.
