Noem responds to Bad Bunny, Billie Eilish bashing ICE at Grammys: 'I wish they knew'

"I wish they knew what wonderful, amazing people our ICE officers are. Many of these officers live in these communities where they are doing enforcement activities," Noem told Fox News Digital during an interview at a Mississippi National Guard facility in Tupelo on Monday. The secretary was visiting the governor, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials and military members in the aftermath of Winter Storm Fern.

"Their families live there and that's their neighbors they are protecting by getting dangerous criminals off the streets. They are going after those murderers and rapists, people that are trafficking drugs, and protecting America," Noem continued. 

Pop star Billie Eilish was among several celebrities who used the stage at Sunday's Grammy Awards to criticize the Trump administration and ICE.

"And f--- ICE, that's all I'm gonna say, sorry," she added.

Wearing an "ICE OUT" pin, Eilish also emphasized the urgency of continued activism during her remarks. 

Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny also took direct aim at ICE during his Grammy acceptance speech, using the moment to denounce the agency and defend immigrants' humanity.

"ICE out," Bad Bunny said while accepting the Grammy for Best Música Urbana Album. "We're not savage, we're not animals, we're not aliens - we are humans, and we are Americans." 

Fox News Digital's Nora Moriarty contributed to this report.