Actor John Leguizamo Oddly Demands All Supporters Of ICE To Boycott Him And His Movies

Actor John Leguizamo took to Instagram this week to lecture Americans about immigration enforcement, calling for “resistance” against ICE while bizarrely demanding that anyone who supports the agency boycott him and his movies.

In a 92-second video posted Wednesday, Leguizamo reacted to the January 24 shooting death of 37-year-old U.S. citizen Alex Jeffrey Pretti in Minneapolis, using the incident to push a familiar slate of activist demands. He urged viewers to fund legal defense groups and sanctuary networks, criticized Democrats for not going far enough, and even called for the return of deported criminals from El Salvador.

Leguizamo framed his message as moral clarity, but the rant quickly veered into something closer to a purity test. At one point, the actor told people who back ICE to unfollow him, stop attending his shows, and avoid his films altogether, effectively daring half the country to cancel him.

“If you support ICE, don’t support me,” Leguizamo said in the clip, drawing a hard line between himself and millions of Americans who view immigration enforcement as a basic function of government.

The post landed days after Pretti was killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis, marking the second such death in the city this month. The incident remains under investigation, but Leguizamo treated it as settled proof of what he described as oppressive government policy, leaving little room for nuance or due process.

Online reaction was swift and mostly unsympathetic. While a small number of users said they would happily take Leguizamo up on his boycott request, most responses mocked the actor outright, dismissing his message and questioning why another wealthy Hollywood figure felt compelled to scold the public. Critics brushed off the video as another example of celebrity activism that confuses outrage with substance.

Leguizamo’s call for “resistance” and his demand that the United States reverse deportations also raised eyebrows, particularly as violent crime and border enforcement remain top issues for voters heading into the election cycle. For many viewers, the actor’s message sounded less like advocacy and more like a recycled activist script detached from everyday concerns.

In the end, Leguizamo may have accomplished exactly what he asked for. Plenty of Americans appear more than willing to ignore him and his movies.