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Pop star Billie Eilish<\/a> was among several celebrities who used the stage at Sunday\u2019s Grammy Awards to criticize the Trump administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).<\/p>\n \u201cNo one is illegal on stolen land,\u201d Eilish said while accepting the Grammy<\/a> for Song of the Year. \u201cI feel really hopeful in this room, and I feel like we need to keep fighting and speaking up and protesting. Our voices really do matter, and the people matter.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAnd f\u2014 ICE, that\u2019s all I\u2019m gonna say, sorry,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n Wearing an \u201cICE OUT\u201d pin<\/a>, Eilish also emphasized the urgency of continued activism during her remarks.<\/p>\n BILLIE EILISH CALLS OUT SILENT CELEBS AS OUTRAGE GROWS OVER ALEX PRETTI KILLING<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s just really hard to know what to say and what to do right now,\u201d she said. \u201cI feel really hopeful in this room, and I feel like we need to keep fighting, speaking up and protesting. Our voices really do matter, and the people matter.\u201d<\/p>\n Singer SZA was another artist who criticized the state of the country following the Trump administration\u2019s recent immigration crackdown, which left two Americans dead in Minneapolis after encounters with federal agents.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s just like, it\u2019s incredibly dystopian that we\u2019re dressed up and able to celebrate accolades in the material world, and people are getting snatched up and shot in the face on the street,\u201d she told Variety. \u201cIt just feels bizarre, and I find so many of us don\u2019t really know how to feel right now, besides rage and hopelessness, and I don\u2019t feel like that\u2019s the calling card that I want to subscribe to.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2018SNL\u2019 MOCKS ICE IN \u2018WEEKEND UPDATE\u2019 AFTER CUTTING MINNEAPOLIS SEGMENT IN PREVIOUS EPISODE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n SZA won two of the five Grammys for which she was nominated and used her platform to directly condemn ICE, warning against despair.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd, you know, it\u2019s always f\u2014 ICE,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cPlease don\u2019t fall into despair,\u201d she said while accepting the Grammy for Record of the Year. \u201cI know that right now is a scary time<\/a>. I know that the algorithms tell us that it\u2019s so scary and all is lost. There\u2019s been world wars and plagues, and we have gone on. We can go on. We need each other, we need to trust each other and trust ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re not governed by the government; we\u2019re governed by God,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN DROPS ANTI-ICE SONG AFTER MINNEAPOLIS SHOOTINGS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Eilish and SZA were among a broader group of musicians who used the 2026 Grammy Awards<\/a> to call out ICE.<\/p>\n