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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell addressed questions about the possibility of Bad Bunny making a political statement during the Super Bowl LX halftime show and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations during his press conference Monday.
Last year, Bad Bunny was chosen as the Super Bowl halftime show performer despite his harsh criticism of ICE. The Puerto Rican music star won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year and had more criticism for ICE on the Los Angeles stage.
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Bad Bunny accepts the award for Album of the Year for “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” during the 68th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, February 1, 2026 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
“Listen, Bad Bunny is, and I think that was demonstrated last night, one of the great artists in the world and that’s one of the reasons we picked him,” Goodell said. “But the other reason is that he understood the platform that he was on and this platform is used to bring people together and to be able to bring people together with their creativity, with their talents and to be able to use this moment to do that and I think artists in the past have done that.
“I think Bad Bunny understands that and I think he’ll have a great performance.”
As for ICE, officials would have a visible presence around Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell speaks during his State of the NFL press conference on Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, in San Jose, Calif., prior to the Super Bowl 60 football game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots. (AP Photo/Matt York)
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Undersecretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin Yoho said last month that federal officials were committed to working with state and local authorities to keep the Super Bowl safe.
“Safety is obviously one of the things we focus on the most. It’s a SEAR (Special Event Assessment Rating) Level 1 event that involves unique assets at the federal, state and local levels all working together,” Goodell said. “I don’t see any change in that in the run-up to the Super Bowl. We haven’t seen that.
A federal agent stands outside a home during a raid in south Minneapolis, Minnesota, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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“We’re working with those three tiers and doing everything we can to make sure it’s a safe environment and the federal government is a big part of that, including this administration and all the other previous administrations. I think SEAR 1 has probably been the category we’ve had since at least the turn of the century, if not before. So I anticipate we’ll continue to work to make it the safest event.”
