Dominick Mastrangelo<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tue, January 13, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Podcaster Joe Rogan voiced sympathy with Americans who have expressed anger and frustration<\/a> at the way President Trump\u2019s administration has conducted immigration enforcement<\/a> during his first year in office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou don\u2019t want militarized people in the streets just roaming around, snatching up people \u2014 many of which turn out to be U.S. citizens that just don\u2019t have their papers on them,\u201d Rogan said on Tuesday\u2019s episode of his podcast, likely referring to the president\u2019s deployment of National Guard soldiers<\/a> to aid in the crackdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He added, \u201cAre we really gonna be the Gestapo, \u2018Where\u2019s your papers?\u2019 Is that what we\u2019ve come to?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rogan, who was interviewing Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), said issues concerning immigration \u201care more complicated than anyone wants to admit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trump\u2019s immigration agenda<\/a> reached a flash point last week following an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer fatally shooting<\/a> of 37-year-old Renee Good<\/a>, a Minnesota woman federal officials allege<\/a> impeded an ICE operation in Minneapolis<\/a> by using her vehicle as a weapon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Department of Homeland Security has defended<\/a> the officer who killed Good, while protests against immigration operations in the North Star State have grown<\/a> in the days since the shooting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Polls indicate that many Americans disagree with<\/a> the administration\u2019s justification for the shooting and believe the officer should face legal action<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rogan, a prominent media voice who is particularly influential with young men, has broken with Trump<\/a> on a number of issues in recent months after voicing support<\/a> for the president during his 2024 campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n