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saturday night live A sketch has been released teasing Immigration and Customs Enforcement Officers The segment was removed from the January 17 broadcast due to time constraints, prompting criticism from some viewers who said it was a “cowardly move” not to air the segment.
In a clip posted online Tuesday, actor and Minnesota native Tommy Brennan was also included saturday night live ‘Weekend Update’ desk discusses growing unrest in state after incident ICE agent shoots Renee Nicole GoodThe mother of three arrived earlier this month as the Trump administration ramped up immigration raids.
“Look, I know no one is going to be keen on the vehement views on this issue from a guy who looks like he was homeschooled on a yacht,” Brennan joked in the clip last weekend. “But it would be crazy to ignore what’s going on back home right now.”
He continued: “I know there are nothing I can say that will ease the sadness, anger, and fear that so many people are feeling right now. But I want to show you one thing from the ICE protests in Minnesota that gave me a glimmer of hope.”
Later, “Saturday Night Live” repeatedly played a widely circulated video of an ICE agent slipping on ice while patrolling in Minnesota.
“Then he stood up and jogged back to his car,” Brennan noted. “Totally abandoning his mission. It looked like his mission, honestly. Like, his superiors said, ‘Hey, do a Scooby-Doo-style fall on the ice and then limp back to the car.'”
Brennan then added: “Also, to be clear, I do not revel in the pain of others. If I wanted to do that, I would join ICE.”
Brennan struck a more serious tone, saying he was “very proud” to be from Minnesota.
“Minneapolis is an immigrant city, that’s the great thing about it. I grew up playing on football teams that were all immigrants, and let me tell you, it’s not easy to catch these guys. Good luck, you know,” Brennan joked.
“I guess I’m just showing this video because these are the athletes that Minnesotans are dealing with,” he said as the clip played again.
“We’re not like them. We’re not jogging back to the car and we’re not falling down because in Minnesota we’ve been dealing with ICE our whole lives, b***h,” he concluded, before shouting: “Leave Minnesota alone!”
Although Brennan’s performance drew applause and cheers from the live studio audience, it was not included in the 90-minute broadcast. SNL periodically uploads “shortened” sketches that do not air on YouTube during the show. independent SNL has been asked to comment on why the clip was not edited.
The video, shared on SNL’s social media pages, has received nearly 200,000 likes on Instagram and more than 307,000 views on YouTube. However, fans were disappointed with the delay, noting that the timing felt “timid”.
“Feels like a cowardly move to cut this,” one user wrote on Instagram. Another wrote: “Bringing it back in this week’s update. Can’t believe it was removed.”
“We’re supposed to be filming two segments in Minneapolis next week to cut this,” another fan wrote on Instagram.
another user wrote on Instagram, “Not even ice can hold up ice!”
Anti-ICE protests have swept Minnesota and 3,000 people have been arrested in the weeks since Operation Metro Surge was launched last month, the Department of Homeland Security announced Monday.
Severe enforcement action has been sparking protests and backlash from local officialsand then became more intense ICE officer Jonathan Ross shot and killed Renee Nicole Goode January 7th.
Last Thursday, President Donald Trump escalated matters further, threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act, an emergency power that hasn’t been used in more than three decades, to deploy active-duty troops to suppress citizens protesting against his administration. However, he walked back the threat a day later.
Meanwhile, state and local officials are seeking to expel federal immigration officials from the North Star State.
After Goode was killed, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey bluntly told ICE to “fuck off.” Last week, Minnesota officials sued the Trump administration over its “unprecedented” surge, accusing it of violating the Constitution.
While the White House has since vowed to double down on immigration enforcement in the city, a federal judge on Friday Limit the use of force against protesterspreventing agents from “retaliating” against peaceful demonstrators and using riot weapons indiscriminately against crowds.