JOE ROGAN, WHO HAS BEEN A STRONG BACKER OF TRUMP, IS RIGHT IN DESCRIBING THE PRESIDENT'S IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN AS 'HORRIFIC' ..... ALTHOUGH TRUMP VOWED TO TARGET VIOLENT CRIMINALS, MOST OF THOSE ARRESTED BY ICE HAVE BEEN DECENT PEOPLE WITH NO CRIMINAL RECORD

Joe Rogan launches fresh attack on Trump's 'horrific' immigration policy: 'Have some heart!'

 

By Sonya Gugliara 

 

Daily Mail

Oct 13, 2025

 

 

 

Joe Rogan (pictured) has once again torn into Donald Trump for his 'horrific' immigration crackdown, which the podcaster described as brutal and unjust 

 

Joe Rogan has once again torn into Donald Trump for his 'horrific' immigration crackdown, which the podcaster described as brutal and unjust. 

The 58-year-old host of the Joe Rogan Experience came after the Trump administration's harsh Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tactics in last Thursday's episode of his show. 

While discussing the president's deployment of the National Guard to Democrat-run cities with actor-comedian Duncan Trussell, Rogan segued into how the White House has been handling mass deportations. 

'The way it looks is horrific,' Rogan bluntly said. 'When you're just arresting people in front of their kids, just normal, regular people that been been here for 20 years.

'Everybody who has a heart can't get along with that. Everybody with a heart sees that and goes, "That can't be right. That can't be the only way to do this."'

He made it clear that he believes having a strong and secure Southern Border should be a priority, but targeting law-abiding people who have lived most of their lives in the US is 'crazy.' 

'If they've been productive members of society for 20 years, no criminal record, they worked the entire time, they paid taxes, find them a pathway to citizenship,' he said.  

'Find a way where you can do this thing that you want to do, which is keep terrorists and cartel members from getting across the border with rugs that kill 100,000 people a year,' Rogan began addressing Trump. 

 

 

Donald Trump, pictured with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, has vowed to target violent criminals in his administration's sweeping ICE raids

Around 493,000 migrants have been deported since Trump took office in January, while another 1.6 million have self-deported (pictured: an ICE arrest in Denver, Colorado in February)  

 

 

'But have a f**king heart while doing it because if you don't, you're not going to get anybody on your side if you're doing this stuff publicly - throwing women to the ground, handcuffing people just for existing on the wrong side of the dirt.'

He noted that many Mexican migrants come to the US as children and have spent their entire lives in the country. 

'They can't even speak Spanish, and they could get sent back,' he asserted. 

Rogan - who endorsed Trump in the 2024 election but previously backed liberal candidates, including Bernie Sanders in 2020 - also denounced Trump's ICE raids in August.

While speaking on his podcast, he expressed discontent with Trump's policies because they target laborers and not the violent criminals he promised. 

In the divisive episode, Rogan explained to Florida Republican congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna his belief that the president has been alienating his supporters by carrying out these extensive and heavily publicized raids. 

Around 493,000 migrants have been deported since Trump took office in January, while another 1.6 million have self-deported, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). 

 

Rogan said 'everybody who has a heart can't get along' Trump's deportation policies (pictured: ICE protestors in Broadview, Illinois, on Friday)

In July, ICE reported making roughly 990 arrests each day - a staggering drop from the daily rate of 1,224 arrests in June (pictured: workers arrested by ICE in Los Angeles, California in June)

 

ICE agents have arrested another 457,000 illegal migrants in the same time period.

'Ramped-up immigration enforcement targeting the worst of the worst is removing more and more criminal illegal aliens off our streets every day and is sending a clear message to anyone else in this country illegally: Self-deport or we will arrest and deport you,' DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said.

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, who has been credited with handling immigration policies under both of Trump's administrations, declared over the summer that the president wants at least 3,000 ICE arrests per day.

Despite this lofty target, the rate of immigration-related detainments has dropped in recent months, according to data collected by the nonpartisan Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC). 

In July, ICE reported making roughly 990 arrests each day - a staggering drop from the daily rate of 1,224 arrests in June. 

Trump has also maintained that the primary targets of his tough policies are migrants with violent criminal backgrounds. 

 

Stephen Miller (pictured), who has been credited with handling immigration policies under both of Trump's administrations, declared over the summer that the president wants at least 3,000 ICE arrests per day 

Government-released data has revealed that the number of arrested migrants without criminal histories has surpassed the number of those with a record (pictured: two Long Beach, California car wash employees being detained by ICE in September) 

 

But government-released data has revealed that the number of arrested migrants without criminal histories has surpassed the number of those with a record.

The Guardian reported in late September that approximately 16,525 people with no record were detained, while about 15,725 with a record were. About 13,765 people with pending charges were also arrested. 

About 71.5 percent of detainees have no criminal convictions, according to TRAC.