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Zara Larsson Condemns ICE in New Posts, Citing Partner’s U.S. Ban Over Old Marijuana Case

Her Instagram comments tie her stance to her boyfriend’s long-running entry bar and arrive as protests over an ICE killing keep the agency under intense scrutiny.

Overview

  • In Instagram stories on January 10, Larsson listed progressive causes she supports and wrote that she “f***ing hate[s] ICE,” later saying her “love” for criminals referred to people with non-violent drug offenses like her partner.
  • She said her boyfriend still cannot enter the United States because of an old weed offense despite the record being cleared, and she wrote she would rather host “someone smoking crack” than an ICE agent, whom she labeled “criminals.”
  • On January 11, she expanded her critique in another story by questioning ICE agents’ behavior and motivations, calling their actions “terrorizing” and urging more empathy training.
  • Outlets identified her partner as Swedish dancer Lamin Holmén and reported the restriction has forced the couple to spend months apart over the past several years.
  • Coverage situates her remarks alongside nationwide demonstrations after Renee Nicole Good was shot dead by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on January 7, and no formal response from ICE or DHS to Larsson’s posts has been reported.