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Nicki Minaj is one of the best-selling rappers in the world, and now one of the president's loudest supporters. Watch Nicki Minaj backs Trump. Her reasons aren't policy. (5 min), with captions The stories Floated for White House press secretary On October 25, the White House communications director posted a clip with Nicki Minaj on Air Force One, saying they may have found the next press secretary. The job has been open since August, and no offer has been reported. The same day, she campaigned with the president in Michigan. Who is Nicki Minaj Nicki Minaj was born in Trinidad and Tobago and came to Queens, New York, as a child. In 2018, as families were separated at the border, she wrote: I came to this country as an illegal immigrant. She holds a green card. In January, she said she was finalizing her citizenship paperwork. There has been no public confirmation since. Telling Americans to "vote red." Can she vote? She is now telling young Americans to vote red in November. Green card holders cannot vote in federal elections, and she has not confirmed she is a citizen. So why does she back him? Her reasons, in her words Her reasons, in her words. On Fox News, she called Donald Trump a very authentic person who doesn't sound scripted. In January, she said she is probably the president's No. 1 fan, that God is protecting him, and that criticism makes her support him more. None of those reasons is a policy. The policies she has praised To be fair, she has praised policies. She pledged $150,000 to $300,000 to the new investment accounts for children, called Trump Accounts. At a UN panel, she thanked him for his leadership on Christians killed in Nigeria. And she has backed voter ID. Not one of them is immigration. Not one of them is immigration, the issue closest to her own story. We found no statement from her, on the record, about immigration detention, due process, or the U.S. citizens agents have held. Here is that record. Who ICE is holding On April 4, ICE held 60,311 people. 70.8% had no criminal conviction, about 7 in 10, TRAC found. At the January peak, it was 74.2%. That count includes some people with charges still pending. U.S. citizens caught in it And it reaches citizens. ProPublica counted 506 U.S. citizens detained by immigration agents from January 2025 through September 2026. More than 100 were held after agents questioned their citizenship. Nearly all were people of color. At least 70 were children and teens. The government does not track this, so 506 is a floor. What the courts allowed The courts have let it widen. In September 2025, the Supreme Court let roving stops in Los Angeles resume, 6 to 3. A concurrence said apparent ethnicity can be one factor in a stop, as long as it is not the only one. And on October 23, the 5th Circuit ruled 10 to 7 that many detainees get no bond hearing. More than 20,000 people. Deaths in custody Human Rights Watch and Physicians for Human Rights reviewed 39 deaths in ICE custody in the first year. The death rate rose 140%, while detention grew 77%. In all 39 cases, the government did not release enough about how they died. DHS's answer DHS's answer: its enforcement operations are highly targeted. And ICE, it says, has significant protections in place so citizens are not arrested, detained, or mistakenly removed. One more receipt: the gold card One more receipt. Donald Trump's Gold Card visa costs a $1 million gift. In January, Nicki Minaj posted that she got a Gold Trump card, free of charge. The White House says hers is a memento, not a visa. What people can do What can people do? Learn the rights everyone has at a stop. The ACLU lists them at aclu.org. Ask members of Congress about detention and due process. The Capitol switchboard is 202-224-3121. Legal help is listed at immigrationadvocates.org. And on November 3, vote. Her reasons are personal. The record is not. Her reasons are personal. The record is not. 7 in 10 detainees with no conviction, and 506 citizens held. Listen The episode as audio Download and post Every file of this edition, with its ready-to-paste titles, descriptions and tags. Distribution kit Download the videos, audio, captions and carousel, or use the prepared post text below. Preview the carousel Videos Video 16:9 (1080p MP4) Vertical 9:16 (TikTok, Reels, Shorts) Vertical highlight Raw audio Final mix (lossless WAV) Final mix (MP3) Voice only (lossless WAV) Captions Captions (WebVTT) Captions (SRT) Highlight captions (SRT) Script Script (plain text) Instagram carousel Carousel (ZIP of slides + caption) Ready to post YouTube thumbnail (1280x720 JPEG) Highlight cover (1080x1920 JPEG) Post pack: titles, descriptions, chapters, tags (JSON) Links Podcast episode Podcast RSS feed The deck Watch page (share link) Carousel caption On Oct 25 the White House communications director floated Nicki Minaj as the next press secretary; no offer has been reported. She was born in Trinidad and Tobago, holds a green card, and has not publicly