Katy Perry, Billie Eilish: Celebrities criticize ICE killings

Singer Katy Perry and other US celebrities have called for citizens to contact lawmakers and speak out against federal immigration officials’ killing of two US citizens during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota, Reuters writes.

Perry asked her Instagram followers on Monday to write to their US senators and urge them to oppose funding for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, which is a part of the Department of Homeland Security.

Besides Perry, the campaign has been joined by actor Pedro Pascal, singer Billie Eilish, as well as the US National Basketball Association (NBA).

The killings this month of Renee Good, a mother of three, and intensive care nurse Alex Pretti have sparked demonstrations against President Donald Trump’s surge of agents in Minnesota.