Overview
- Fonda’s January 21 Late Show interview warned that “authoritarianism has made its way into every nook and cranny” of U.S. government and that “lines are being crossed.”
- She cited the January 7 fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis and accused federal immigration officers of shooting, blinding, kidnapping, and illegally deporting American citizens.
- Her comments highlighted ongoing protests and clashes in Minneapolis and referenced a 2025 ICE deportation total of roughly 329,000, a rise of about 21% from the prior year, according to data analysis.
- Fonda tied her message to the relaunch of the Committee for the First Amendment, a Hollywood-born civil liberties group originally founded in the 1940s and revived in October 2025.
- Coverage also noted her upcoming Greenpeace-produced documentary, Gaslit, scheduled to premiere February 5 at the Santa Barbara Film Festival.