The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has confirmed that ICE agents will conduct enforcement at Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara, California, on February 8. Tricia McLaughlin, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs for the DHS, told TMZ Sports, "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.”
She added, "Our mission remains unchanged."
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ICE will be present around Levi’s Stadium before the game between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks. In October, DHS adviser Corey Lewandowski said that enforcement is a "directive from the president," and will not be paused for the Super Bowl. "There is nowhere you can provide safe haven to people who are in this country illegally," Lewandowski said on The Benny Show podcast. "Not the Super Bowl and nowhere else. We will find and deport you. That is a very real situation."
Government agencies have always helped local authorities maintain a safe environment for people attending the Super Bowl each year. "Super Bowl security will entail a whole of government response conducted in-line with the U.S. Constitution," McLaughlin said. "Those who are here legally and are not breaking other laws have nothing to fear."
NFL receives backlash
{{/usCountry}}Government agencies have always helped local authorities maintain a safe environment for people attending the Super Bowl each year. "Super Bowl security will entail a whole of government response conducted in-line with the U.S. Constitution," McLaughlin said. "Those who are here legally and are not breaking other laws have nothing to fear."
NFL receives backlash
{{/usCountry}}The NFL faced widespread criticism for choosing Bad Bunny as the Super Bowl Halftime performer. Conservative organization Turning Point USA even promised a different halftime show featuring English-speaking stars. In fact, President Donald Trump, who will skip this year’s Super Bowl, told the New York Post in an Oval Office interview that he cannot stand the performers selected for the halftime show.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell addressed the controversy in October 2025 during the annual Fall League Meeting. "It’s carefully thought through," Goodell said of the decision-making process for the halftime show. "I’m not sure we’ve ever selected an artist where we didn’t have some blowback or criticism. It’s pretty hard to do when you have literally hundreds of millions of people that are watching.”
"[Bad Bunny] is one of the leading and most popular entertainers in the world," the commissioner added. "That’s what we try to achieve. It’s an important stage for us. It’s an important element to the entertainment value."