The American rock band Semisonic has criticized the White House for using their song Closing Time in a social media post that shows a chopped deport.
The Trump administration shared the video on Monday two days after hundreds of suspected Venezuelan gang members were controversial by the White House to a Supermax prison in El Salvador.
The video, which also showed that deported people entered a plane, is caption with the lyrics of the song: “You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here.”
Semisonic said in a statement after the video was shared: “We did not authorize or condone our Song of the White House in any way. And no, they did not ask. The song is about joy and possibilities and hope, and they completely missed the point.”
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt asked about the video on Monday, saying: “Our entire government clearly leans in the message of this president”.
US district judge James E Boasberg issued an order on Saturday that temporarily blocked the deportations, but advocates told him that there were already two aircraft with immigrants in the air – one is on his way to El Salvador, the other for Honduras.
Ms Leavitt said on Sunday that the more than 200 people deported were members of the Tren de Aragua (TDA) gang – who originated in a notorious lawless prison in the central Venezuelan state of Aragua.
This came before Jorge Rodriguez, the president of the National Assembly of Venezuela, said that those who were deported were denied the right process.
Rodriguez spoke at a press conference on Monday, saying that the deported people were not known to have committed any crimes in the United States or El Salvador, and that Venezuela would do everything in his power to return them.
On Monday, it appeared that the US Department of Justice was trying to make Mr. To remove Boasberg as the judge serving on the Venezuelan deportation case.
The request for Mr. To remove Boasberg just came just before a hearing in his courtroom in Washington began
Monday night.
Semisonic performed in 1998. Pic: ap
Band joins with exclusive club
Semisonic joins a long list of artists who objected to Donald Trump using their songs, including Abba, Bruce Springsteen, Rihanna, Phil Collins, Pharrell, John Fogerty, Neil Young, Eddy Grant, Panic! At the Disco, Rem, Guns N ‘Roses, Celine Dion, Beyonce and Adele.
The closing time is from the group’s album Feeling Feeling Fine, 1998, which peaked at number 43 on the Billboard 200 album card.
The song hit number four on Billboard’s adult Alternative Airplay card and earned a Grammy nomination for the best rock song.
