Pop superstar Katy Perry used her massive platform this week to urge fans to pressure senators into blocking a $10 billion funding boost for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, even handing out a script to make the calls for them. Fox News congressional correspondent Bill Melugin flagged the move on The Story, noting the timing as Washington faces a real deadline on January 30 that could push the country toward another damaging spending showdown. This isn’t mere celebrity commentary — it’s a calculated attempt to bend federal appropriations to a partisan will, and ordinary Americans will pay the price.
Perry’s plea follows chaotic scenes in Minneapolis and other cities after federal immigration actions turned deadly, events that have rightly raised questions and demand investigations. But grieving families and legitimate calls for accountability do not justify gutting the tools law enforcement needs to protect communities and enforce immigration laws. Conservatives should want clear answers from officials, not virtue-signaling demands that weaken public safety.
The political calculus here is dangerous: encouraging a shutdown or cuts to Homeland Security and ICE funding during a border crisis is reckless. Defunding enforcement while smug celebrities preach from safe, gated enclaves would be a victory lap for cartel smugglers and open-border activists, not for American families who want safe streets and secure borders. Elected officials must be judged on whether they side with citizens or with performative politics.
Let us be blunt: celebrity influence should not translate into shaping operational funding for federal law enforcement that protects millions. Katy Perry’s reach amplifies a narrative that law enforcement itself is the problem, rather than those who exploit porous borders and violent protests. If Democrats and their celebrity allies succeed in stripping resources, the consequences will be tangible — fewer agents, slower responses, and emboldened criminal networks.
The looming Jan. 30 deadline turns this from a Hollywood stunt into a real political test. Conservatives need to use this moment to force accountability and to make clear that funding lawful enforcement of immigration statutes is not negotiable for the sake of optics. Call your senators, hold your representatives to their oaths, and remind them that protecting Americans comes before celebrity-backed political theater.
Meanwhile, the mainstream media will cheerlead every pop-star intervention while ignoring the policy fallout their preferred outcomes would unleash. Patriots across the country should see through the spectacle and demand substance: reforms where needed, but full funding and authority for the men and women whose job is to keep us safe. The debate should be in Congress, not in an Instagram grid, and the priority must remain the safety and sovereignty of the United States.
