- Ariana Grande publicly condemned the White House for using her song "Bye" in a TikTok video promoting US immigration arrests, describing the content as "barbaric, inhumane, heinous nonsense."
- The White House's video, which featured US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents apprehending individuals, was captioned with a statement attributing a "secure border" to President Trump.
- Grande directly commented on the post, instructing them not to use her music for such purposes and adding, "F*** ICE," although her comment later became publicly invisible.
- Following Grande's strong objection and confirmation that her team was seeking to remove the song, the audio track in the White House's TikTok video was subsequently removed or muted.
- In response, White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson issued a statement implying that "criminal illegal aliens who have injured and murdered innocent American citizens" are truly "barbaric, inhumane, and heinous," seemingly referencing Grande's song "One Last Time."
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