Cardi B had a vicious response after White House officials attempted to shame her for warning U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to stay away from her shows.

The exchange began with banter at the first stop of the “I Like It” artist’s “Little Miss Drama” tour in Palm Desert, California, on Wednesday night. He asked if there were any Guatemalans or Mexicans in the crowd during a performance of the famous Mexican folk song “La Cucaracha.”

Hearing a chorus of cheers, Cardi vowed to protect her fans from any trouble that might come her way.

“Bitch, if ICE comes in here, we’ll jump their asses,” he joked. “I’ve got a bear mace on my back! They won’t take my fans, bitch. Let’s go.”

The “Up” rapper is an unabashed critic of President Donald Trump and his administration’s anti-immigrant policies, making her a prime target for a sarcastic response from Washington, DC.

Cardi B, here at a frigid NFL game in January, stopped the Department of Homeland Security snark with a serious question for the White House in a Thursday X post.
Cardi B, here at a frigid NFL game in January, stopped the Department of Homeland Security snark with a serious question for the White House in a Thursday X post.

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The Department of Homeland Security commented on Cardi’s comments in a statement to TMZ, which the government amplified with a post with an

It was a sarcastic reference to the star’s past confessions about robbing and drugging men while working as a stripper. In a 2019 apology on

It wasn’t long before Cardi caught wind of DHS’s malicious comment and responded with a pointed question to the White House about the scandal she can’t seem to get over.

“If we’re talking about drugs, let’s talk about Epstein and his friends drugging underage girls to rape them,” he wrote in a Thursday X post. “Why don’t you want to talk about the Epstein files?”