Taylor Swift is under fire from furious fans who have condemned her silence on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after the fatal shootings of Alex Jeffrey Pretti and Renée Nicole Good.
In recent weeks, numerous musicians including Ariana Grande and Billie Eilish have used their platforms to decry border patrol agents after violent raids in Minnesota saw two residents shot dead.
Mother-of-three Good was killed following a confrontation with an ICE officer on January 7 in Minneapolis.
Pretti, a fellow resident and nurse, was shot dead during an altercation with federal agents on January 24. They were both 37.
Both deaths ignited a huge online response and triggered protests across the country, but billionaire pop star Swift, 36, has been notably quiet – much to the disappointment of her fans.
Venting their frustrations online, several social media users discussed Swift’s silence on a Reddit thread titled, ‘The longer Taylor is quiet about ICE while her peers speak out, the louder her silence becomes.
‘As someone who stated she wanted to be vocally on the right side of history, it is even more glaring she has been quiet,’ the original poster said.
‘Why is it she only talks about feminism when it relates to her and her female friends? We need to learn from American history.’
‘For someone who, in Miss Americana, was frustratedly crying saying she wanted to be on “the right side of history” where is her voice now?’ one said.
Many agreed with the title of the post.
