Overview
- At the Feb. 11 opener of her Little Miss Drama Tour at Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert, video shows Cardi B telling the crowd they would “jump” ICE agents and saying she had “bear mace.”
- On Feb. 12, the Department of Homeland Security’s official X account reposted coverage and wrote, “As long as she doesn’t drug and rob our agents,” invoking her 2019 admission about drugging and robbing men before fame.
- Cardi B replied on X by invoking recently released Justice Department materials on Jeffrey Epstein, asking why officials would not address the “Epstein files.”
- The back-and-forth went viral across national media, with no indication of any enforcement action tied to the show; her tour is proceeding with scheduled dates including Las Vegas on Feb. 13.
- The dispute lands as immigration operations face intense scrutiny, with officials announcing a drawdown of the Minnesota enforcement surge after protests and news reports of two U.S. citizens fatally shot by federal agents.