Overview
- Paul wrote on X that people who dislike ICE “can’t call 911,” invoking Billie Eilish by name in a derisive post.
- He followed up by mocking Eilish’s “stolen land” line, suggesting she could not be burglarized because of it.
- Users and public figures, including Sen. Brian Schatz, countered that ICE is a federal immigration agency and does not answer emergency calls.
- Newsweek, citing the Associated Press, reported that Paul was seated with Vice President JD Vance at a U.S. women’s hockey game at the Winter Olympics.
- Eilish’s Grammy speech a week earlier criticized ICE and asserted “No one is illegal on stolen land,” with other artists also voicing opposition to immigration raids.