When it comes to deportation operations in the United States, podcaster Joe Rogan has consistently had a liberal viewpoint on them. During his most recent podcast episode, Joe Rogan criticized the Trump administration’s deportation tactics. The host of the Joe Rogan Experience claimed that ICE agents are acting like the Gestapo. Rogan’s comments are pretty critical, considering the Gestapo was the secret police used by the Nazis. The Hill reported more on Rogan’s views on the current deportation operations by ICE: Podcaster Joe Rogan voiced sympathy with Americans who have expressed anger and frustration at the way President Trump’s administration has conducted immigration enforcement during his first year in office. “You don’t want militarized people in the streets just roaming around, snatching up people — many of which turn out to be U.S. citizens that just don’t have their papers on them,” Rogan said on Tuesday’s episode of his podcast, likely referring to the president’s deployment of National Guard soldiers to aid in the crackdown. He added, “Are we really gonna be the Gestapo, ‘Where’s your papers?’ Is that what we’ve come to?” Rogan, who was interviewing Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), said issues concerning immigration “are more complicated than anyone wants to admit.” Trump’s immigration agenda reached a flash point last week following an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer fatally shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good, a Minnesota woman federal officials allege impeded an ICE operation in Minneapolis by using her vehicle as a weapon. Watch Rogan make the comments below: Joe Rogan: “You don’t want militarized people in the streets just roaming around, snatching up people — many of which turn out to be US citizens.” “Are we really gonna be the Gestapo, ‘Where’s your papers?’”pic.twitter.com/wvTNNht6Ji — Ken Klippenstein (NSPM-7 Compliant) (@kenklippenstein) January 14, 2026 Rogan’s friend Tim Dillon, who is also a comedian, went on a rant about ICE’s tactics, per Mediate: Comedian and podcaster Tim Dillon told his nearly one million subscribers on YouTube that the ICE agent who shot and killed 37-year-old Minneapolis mother Renee Good was not a well-trained law enforcement person. Dillon began by denouncing the people who are interfering with ICE as they patrol the streets of Minneapolis. “If you disagree with ICE as many people do, blocking federal agents — and I’m not saying this woman was doing this by the way — but I do think she was part of a group of people who were trying to interfere with what they were doing,” Dillon said. “I do think that when you do things like that, federal agents are going to respond the way federal agents respond. You cannot obstruct law enforcement, physically use violence, try to intimidate law enforcement.” That said, Dillon added, “I don’t believe the cop was justified shooting her three times in the face…I don’t believe you should ever shoot someone in the face more than once. I just think it’s ridiculous.” He then went off on the quality of people being recruited by ICE: These are not well-trained law enforcement people in ICE right now. We’re taking people that did backyard wrestling, The people that are in ICE right now, I mean, this is your cousin who, like, was in backyard wrestling, like, this is tough. This is not the cream of the crop. You know the guys who kidnapped [Nicolas] Maduro, the Delta Force- Navy SEALs? This is not them. This is not the Delta Force-Navy SEAL people. This is people, on their third-grade report card, the teacher wrote that “has violent tendencies.” It just is what it is. Watch Dillon below: Tim Dillon: “ You have ICE — who the hell are they? We don’t even know. These are people that like answered an ad on Craigslist. Who is joining ICE?… These are people who couldn’t do security at a mall.” pic.twitter.com/p5xW02v214 — Home of the Brave (@OfTheBraveUSA) January 10, 2026 Care to share your thoughts?