Martha Stewart speaks out on ICE protests after fatal shootings
By: Katy Perry (Fox News)
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Martha Stewart has spoken out about the current climate in the United States.
The star took to her social media days after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agitator in Minneapolis - and weeks after Renee Good was also shot and killed during an encounter with an ICE officer.
Stewart credited her 14-year-old granddaughter, Jude Stewart, for nudging her to speak out about the ICE protests that have erupted in the Minnesota city, as well as protests held across the U.S.
The bestselling author, 84, shared an excerpt of her granddaughter's text message, which read: "I'm not sure it's excusable to not be speaking up right now."
Martha Stewart made a rare political statement after being nudged by her teenage granddaughter to speak up.(Katie Jones/WWD via Getty Images)
Stewart shared the screenshot of the text, with her own caption on top, writing: "My granddaughter wrote this to me yesterday and she is fourteen and sensitive to what is going on in our country as we all should be."
She added, "I am disheartened and sad each and every day that we cannot demonstrate our sympathy for the beleaguered, that we are told immigrants, which most of us are or descended from are unwelcome, that we cannot show our frustration in peaceful demonstrations and that we can be attacked and even killed by Federal troops. Things must and have to change quickly and peacefully."
The star noted beneath the photo statement: "Granddaughter Jude wrote me a note yesterday I took it to heart and posted the above."
Pop star Katy Perry shared resources on her Instagram encouraging her 201 million followers to take action as protests continue in Minnesota.
"Turn anger into ACTION," she captioned the post.
Perry urged her followers to call their senators before Jan. 31 in order to block ICE funding. The post included suggestions about what to say on the phone when speaking to representatives in Congress.
Meanwhile, Valerie Bertinelli touched on the topic of immigration in a post dedicated to her late ex-husband, Eddie Van Halen, on what would have been his 71st birthday.
Eddie, who died at age 65 in October 2020 after battling cancer, was born in the Netherlands and immigrated to the U.S. in the 1960s - eventually forging a successful rock career with his band Van Halen.
Bertinelli wrote in the caption, "You came to America as a young child, knowing only three words in English, playing music with your father and brother on the boat that carried you here. An immigrant who changed the face of music and left his legacy in a light that continues to shine. Happy birthday, Ed," adding a heart emoji.
Valerie Bertinelli posted a tribute to her late ex-husband Eddie Van Halen.(Zach Pagano/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
Fans applauded Bertiinelli for highlighting Eddie being an immigrant, with one person writing, "Love that you highlighted that he was an immigrant for those who don't understand how much immigrants add to the fabric of USA."
Another commenter wrote, "Happy birthday to one of the millions of immigrants who made America more beautiful in many ways! God bless the memory of Ed and all who gave us so much glorious life and creativity in a free country!"
Valerie Bertinelli with Eddie Van Halen and son Wolfgang Van Halen.(Valerie Bertinelli/Instagram)
"Such a beautiful post Valerie. I can't imagine how difficult & scary it was for Eddie & Alex to come to a strange place being so young and & not knowing English. Eddie's an icon who put smiles on fan's faces across the world for decades. Eddie you'll always be missed and loved," a fan penned. Bertinelli liked the comment.
Her son Wolfgang also wrote: "Love you, Ma," adding a heart emoji.
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Martha Stewart is a pretty good example of an elite. She has 400 million dollars.
Yet it took her 14 year old granddaughter to get her to speak out about ICE.
What is making the headlines about the tactics used by ICE is bad enough, but what gets me, as a lawyer, REALLY FURIOUS, is when they arrest and detain (if not deport) immigrants who are in the legal process of obtaining their citizenship.
There is a sizable portion of Trumps base of support that wants ALL illegal immigrants deported. This particular issue will make or break the entire larger course of these deportations.
I doubt if too many people here look at right wing media content on You Tube. I dont watch a lot of it but I see it from time to time.
Trump and some of his allies in Congress are trying to reset the immigration story after the killings of the two people in Minnesota by ICE agents. Trump sees the polls are going against him and he wants to mitigate the damage. BUT , this is not want MAGA media wants - the right wing podcasters and You Tubers are not recalibrating at all. They still want every one of the illegals removed. There is a breaking point in there somewhere.
The Democrats plan to defund Homeland Security unless all criminals except those who commit literal Federal crimes are safe from deportation should do it.
Should people with a couple speeding tickets be deported?
I was just watching a Piers Morgan show video where one of the panel was a dickhead named Vinny Oshana who is one of the sidekicks on the right wing PBD (Patrick Bet-David) you tube show and podcast. Morgan asked Vinny if , given what has happened in Minnesota and given the fact there are over 10 million illegals in America does he still want ALL of them deported, and Vinny said yes.
Its not going to happen, its never going to happen , which Trump seems to be dimly starting to realize. But MAGA will never let the idea go. More bloodshed to come.
Yes, of course.
But democrats also want to keep people convicted of rape from being deported
Here's a crime from the other day Democrats don't care about. An illegal immigrant, with no criminal record other than illegal entry, raped an 11 year old girl. That they don't feel guilty (more rapes to come thanks to them) is one thing. But he's going to be charged: with
He faces 20 criminal charges including rape, aggravated child molestation and home invasion.
Now since he's in Georgia he will spend a long time in jail. In Illinois it might be 10 or 15 years. He'd be 40 some years old when he gets out. Per Democrats plan, he couldn't be deported because those aren't federal crimes...
So? Why should flouting immigration law be tolerated just because Democrats opened the borders?
Democrats have gone so far over the edge they now would call someone parroting Barack Obama from his campaign a fascist.
ore bloodshed to come.
Or you could follow the law.
You appear to be in the MAGA media group that wants every single last one of illegal immigrants deported. Its never going to happen, come up with a plan B.
Every single one doesn't have to be. But when they come into contact with law enforcement, they get deported. It should be made very difficult to hire them. Just enact the same policies Europe used prior to them losing their minds.
ICE has stopped people because of their skin color. Is it just their bad luck? Why are we deporting people who have pending immigration cases? Why have they done fishing expeditions in Home Depots and box stores?
In Maine a police dept employee was pulled over by ICE as she was driving to work. Do you think ICE had her name on a list of criminal illegals or did they stop her because she looked foreign?
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Maine arrested an illegally present Jamaican offender after he unlawfully attempted to purchase a firearm. Officers with ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston in partnership with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested Jon Luke Evans July 25 in Biddeford.
At the time of his arrest, Evans was employed as a reserve police officer with the Old Orchard Beach Police Department.
Fine by me....
The one I am talking about was a woman.
Until our immigration policy is fixed, yes. We should not let Congress off the hook by not enforcing the law.
Illegal aliens aren't eligible for citizenship, at least until Dems nuke the filibuster and pack the Supreme Court to ensure they are.
You deflected from my point. I was speaking of immigrants who are there legally and were in the process of applying for citizenship, even those who the next day would be making their oath and being presented with their citizenship. THOSE are the ones getting arrested and deported, Do you really think that is kosher?
IMO people in the process should be allowed to finish the process. I would also be interested to know exactly how many people that are in the process are actually being deported.
As a country, we have handled immigration very poorly for a very long time
We spent years behaving with left wing stupidity, and now it's as though the right wing are trying to prove they can be more stupid.
This is not the only issue we're doing this with, BTW. It's just the only one the media is focused on currently.
As a lawyer, I do believe it is important to obey the law, and I do agree that it was a problem to open the doors wide allowing virtually anyone to immigrate illegally, but it was done so now it has become a big problem. HOWEVER, so many illegal immigrants have, without going through the process to become citizens or residents, that HAVE VIRTUALLY become good tax-paying citizens doing important jobs for the benefit of their communities and the USA generally it is my opinion that they should at least be given the opportunity to remain uindetained in the USA to go through the process of becoming citizens. I agree that those with serious criminal records be dealt with in a stricter fashion.
100%.
There is a lot of merit to this idea. I've said on this site that the only reason they're "illegal" is because we refuse to change the law... which is antiquated and wholly inappropriate for the current situation.
OK... yeah.. but if we find somebody who has committed a serious crime in the USA.... it seems like the last thing we should be doing is deporting him.
I'll defer to your expertise on this, but my instinct is that if I was living in China illegally and while doing so I robbed, raped and/or murdered people, I don't feel like "we'll send you back to Dallas" would be on the list of potential punishments. I'm pretty sure that if my options at sentencing were "Chinese prison" or "deportation back to America", I'd take deportation pretty quickly.
Well, if in China you robbed someone, I assume you would serve a jail sentence followed by deportation never to be allowed back. BUT if you were found guilty of murder or rape you would in a month or so be buried with a bullet lodged in the back of your head so your body could eventually be compost. Maybe that's why murder and rape are not common here.
Arvo..don't know about how quick the Chinese are when it comes to assault..
A Chinese national threw hot coffee on a baby here in August 2024 in Brisbane and then fled back to China..the mum was just walking along the street with bub in the pusher and he attacked..
Because we don't have an extradition treaty with China they have been very slow to act on one of their citizens..all the info was given and stone cold silence from China..
It's only now that it's in the headlines once again here, China is finally showing interest in what happened..and sending a "working group" out..
The poor baby has had 4 operations and scarred for life.. so we watch with great interest if China responds in catching the culprit back there..
As Joe E. Brown said at the end of the movie Some Like it Hot, "Well, nobody''s perfect." Nor is any country.
You have a good day now Buzz..
Thanks, and you too shona.