Jimmy Kimmel boasts about bringing family to anti-ICE rally: 'Keep it going'

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel attended an anti-ICE protest in Los Angeles with his wife, Molly McNearney, and children, sharing photos and video on social media that he said showed ‘millions of Americans’ rallying against federal immigration enforcement.

The images, posted from an ‘ICE OUT’ rally in the South Bay area of Los Angeles County, depict Kimmel and his family holding signs with slogans critical of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the federal government’s immigration policies.

Jimmy Kimmel and family hold resistance signs

In the photo shared on his Instagram, Kimmel and his family can be seen at the protest holding signs with anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) slogans such as ‘Deport ICE’ and ‘Raise Good Girls and Pretti Boys,’ a nod to the fatal shootings of Nicole Renee Good and Alex Pretti last month involving federal immigration authorities.

"We were proud to see so many paid agitators (AKA patriotic Americans) marching en masse for the ICE OUT rally in the South Bay today. Keep it going!" Kimmel captioned the post.

The late-night host's son is seen holding a sign that reads ‘Paid Agitator,’ similar to the post's caption, seeming to reference President Donald Trump's recent remark claiming that agitators are being paid to cause chaos at anti-ICE protests.

Kimmel also shared a video of the day, exclaiming, “Millions of Americans protested ICE over the weekend with some very creative signs!”

The ‘ICE OUT’ rally took place amid heightened national debate over immigration enforcement and recent federal operations in several cities that have drawn both support and criticism from different political groups.

Donald Trump’s directive for ‘blue cities’

On Saturday, Jan 31, Trump announced the government will not assist blue cities with ongoing anti-immigration enforcement riots unless help is requested, adding he has instructed ICE and Border Patrol to be "very forceful" in the protection of federal property.

"I have instructed Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem that under no circumstances are we going to participate in various poorly run Democrat cities with regard to their protests and/or riots unless and until they ask us for help," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.

He clarified that the federal government will, however, "guard, and very powerfully so, any and all Federal Buildings that are being attacked by these highly paid Lunatics, Agitators, and Insurrectionists."

Jimmy Kimmel, a vocal critic of Trump

Kimmel has been a vocal critic of the Trump administration's decision to send ICE and other federal agencies to American citizens to carry out widespread immigration raids.

During last Monday's broadcast of ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!,’ the late-night host said he spent this weekend "feeling shocked and sick about what is happening in Minneapolis" and at one point cried while discussing Pretti and the city.

"Children, small children, babies, being tear-gassed, taken into custody, separated from their parents. Just one atrocity after another, being committed by this gang of poorly trained, shamefully led, mask-wearing goons. And that is what they are, they're goons. Goons committing vile, heartless, even criminal acts. It’s sickening to watch, and it’s frustrating to watch," he said.