Grammy-winning singer Sierra Ferrell has thrown an absolute fit over Immigration and Customs Enforcement using her song “American Dreaming” without permission in a beautiful recruitment video titled around the slogan “The way it was. The way it can be again.”

Ferrell, who won four Grammy Awards in 2025 for her album Trail of Flowers, posted a statement on X Saturday calling the ad “genuinely racist” and saying she is “frankly sickened.”

Ferrell’s statement began, “On Thursday, ICE used my song ‘American Dreaming’ without permission in a video I found genuinely racist that was pushing a warped view of who belongs in the country.”

“I do not stand for this. I rebuke that my art and expression are being used to victimize our citizens and neighbors and am frankly sickened,” she continued, failing to see the irony in her concern about our “citizens.”

“We have taken necessary steps to have these ads of propaganda taken down and are weighing further legal action against our government for infringing on my rights. But let me be clear, we are called to love and support our immigrant neighbors, and I will continue to do just that.”

The ICE video, posted Thursday on the agency’s X account, featured grainy midcentury footage of American life from the 1930s through the 1960s.

The video can be viewed here:

It showed classic cars on road trips, a mother pushing a stroller, views of Mount Rushmore, Coca-Cola signs, and families enjoying everyday scenes from better days.

Ferrell’s song plays, paired with on-screen text reading “The way it was. The way it can be again. Join ICE.”

The left melted down over the ad because it featured white families.

Replies to Ferrell’s post, however, were flooded with mockery, including multiple users saying variations of “never heard of you until ICE used your song.”

Another user noted, “You hate your song being used without permission because it ‘victimizes citizens.’ Illegal immigrants taking taxpayer money without any say from those citizens is the same thing, it’s just on a bigger scale.”

Ferrell, a West Virginia native known for her vintage aesthetic and roots-country sound, has previously partnered with the National Immigration Law Center to support immigrant rights through tour proceeds.

ICE has not publicly responded to her statement as of Saturday night, but the X post with the video was removed.

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