- - Trump administration hits back after Olivia Rodrigo condemns use of her music

KiMi Robinson, USA TODAY November 10, 2025 at 12:47 AM

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The Trump administration has once again found itself at odds with a pop musician.

After the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the White House drew Olivia Rodrigo's ire for using her 2023 song "all-american bitch" to promote self-deportations among undocumented immigrants in a Nov. 4 social media post, the agency is doubling down.

"America is grateful all the time for our federal law enforcement officers who keep us safe," a spokesperson for the DHS told USA TODAY in a Nov. 7 statement, referencing lyrics in Rodrigo's song. "We suggest Ms. Rodrigo thank them for their service, not belittle their sacrifice."

The response comes after the 22-year-old "drivers license" singer reportedly shared a sharply worded response to the video that read, "Don’t ever use my songs to promote your racist, hateful propaganda," according to Billboard and Rolling Stone.

As of Sunday, Nov. 9, Rodrigo's comment is no longer available under the post.

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The clip also does not have any music underscoring the footage because "this song is currently unavailable," according to an error message issued by Instagram.

USA TODAY has reached out to Rodrigo's rep for comment.

The promotional clip for Immigration and Customs Enforcement compiles footage of agents pursuing and handcuffing various people with an overlaid message that says "if ICE finds you." Next, are shown allegedly voluntarily boarding buses and planes alongside the caption "if you self-deport."

The post encourages those who are living in the U.S. without documentation to download Customs and Border Protection's app and apply for a $1,000 "exit bonus" for leaving the country of their own accord.

The post's caption reads, "LEAVE NOW and self-deport using the CBP Home app. If you don't, you will face the consequences."

Activists protest outside of an immigrant processing and detention center on Oct. 2, 2025 in Broadview, Ill.

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Rodrigo has previously been outspoken about political issues such as the repeal of Roe v. Wade and immigrant rights.

"I've lived in LA my whole life and I’m deeply upset about these violent deportations of my neighbors under the current administration," she wrote in a June Instagram story, according to The Guardian and Billboard. "LA simply wouldn't exist without immigrants. Treating hardworking community members with such little respect, empathy, and due process is awful."

Olivia Rodrigo attends the fifth annual Academy Museum Gala in Los Angeles on Oct. 18, 2025.

This isn't the only time a singer has objected to President Donald Trump and his team's use of their work to promote his political agenda. In 2024, The White Stripes sued the Trump campaign for posting a social media video that used their highly recognizable 2003 track "Seven Nation Army." Jack and Meg White have since dropped the case.

Similarly, Kenny Loggins recently denounced the Trump administration's "unauthorized" use of his song "Danger Zone" in an AI video.

'Honestly makes me sick': Singer slams Trump for using her song to promote deportations

"I can't imagine why anybody would want their music used or associated with something created with the sole purpose of dividing us," he said in an Oct. 20 statement to USA TODAY. "Too many people are trying to tear us apart, and we need to find new ways to come together."

In his second term, President Trump has vowed to carry out mass deportations of unauthorized immigrants, citing alleged threats to public safety. Immigration enforcement raids and National Guard deployments in cities such as Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston and Portland have prompted widespread protests and sowed fear among communities.

Despite viral incidents that include an ICE agent shoving an asylum-seeking woman to the floor − a move that the DHS deemed "unacceptable" – and dragging a U.S. citizen out of her car in Chicago, Trump has said his crackdowns on immigrants "haven't gone far enough."

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