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'Squad' member wears 'F--- ICE' pin on House floor during Trump address
By Alex Nitzberg
Published February 25, 2026
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., wore a round button to the State of the Union address that read "F--- ICE," referring to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
She also wore a message that read, "STAND WITH SURVIVORS RELEASE THE FILES," in an apparent reference to materials pertaining to the late Jeffrey Epstein. Other lawmakers could be seen wearing that message during the speech as well.
Tlaib was seated next to Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., a fellow member of the progressive cadre of lawmakers known as the "Squad."
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., yells during a State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The two shouted during the president's address. They also departed the speech early, reports indicate.
In a statement to Fox News Digital on Wednesday, White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson declared, "ICE officers are facing a 1300% increase in assaults because of dangerous, untrue smears by elected Democrats. Just the other day, an officer had his finger bitten off by a radical left-wing rioter. ICE officers act heroically to enforce the law and protect American communities and local officials should work with them, not against them. Anyone doing otherwise is simply doing the bidding of criminal illegal aliens."
President Donald Trump's administration has been working to crack down on illegal immigration.
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President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber at the Capitol on Feb. 24, 2026. (Kenny Holston-Pool/Getty Images)
But some politicians, including Tlaib, have called for the abolition of ICE.
"ICE has no place in Michigan. This is an unaccountable and violent agency that terrorizes and brutalizes our communities every day," Tlaib said in a statement earlier this month.
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., shout at President Donald Trump as he delivers his State of the Union address during a Joint Session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 24, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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"We have all watched as ICE agents execute American citizens in broad daylight and detain and deport our immigrant neighbors with no regard for their wellbeing, right to due process, or the myriad other laws and court orders restricting their illegal operations," she said in the statement.
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