Overview

• On Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Oct. 7, Ansari said he now carries his passport and described friends hiding a nanny out of fear of enforcement sweeps.
• Ansari noted he has avoided Los Angeles recently and said he is living in London after marrying in 2022.
• DHS officials said 37 people were arrested in a late‑night ICE operation at a South Side Chicago apartment building last week.
• Residents and witnesses told the Chicago Sun-Times that agents in military-style gear used helicopters, broke doors, and pulled people from their homes.
• Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said ICE and U.S. Border Patrol have made 5,000 arrests in Los Angeles since June, a backdrop to Ansari’s comments and his long-standing criticism of anti-Muslim rhetoric, including a 2016 New York Times op-ed.