White House ICE Deportation Video Using Kacey Musgraves’ ‘Mexico Honey’ Goes Silent
The removal of the song from the singer's Middle of Nowhere album is the latest instance of a Trump administration propaganda clip getting muted.
The White House's latest attempt to use a popular song to promote its anti-immigration agenda has been rendered silent. Shortly after posting a video featuring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) removing undocumented individuals, the clip was muted, replacing the audio with Kacey Musgraves' 2026 song "Mexico Honey." The video now displays a caption stating "this sound isn't available" beneath footage of men being handcuffed, detained, and transported on airplanes, accompanied by the message "Criminal illegals are going back home."
Musgraves' song, from her album Middle of Nowhere, is an ode to irresistible, magnetic love, with lyrics that bear no relation to the administration's mass deportation efforts. Despite Musgraves' recent support for ICE detainees and her criticism of face coverings for protesters, the administration's decision to remove the song from the video remains unexplained.
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