John Leguizamo condemned former Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman star Dean Cain for volunteering to affix america’ Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) division.
“What sort of loser volunteers to be an ICE officer?” the Encanto actor, 65, requested through Instagram on Friday, August 9. “What a moron! Dean Cain, your pronouns are has/been.”
Leguizamo captioned the put up: “#DeanCain volunteered to be an ICE agent! I bought one phrase for you: LOSER!”
Frank Grillo — who starred within the 2025 Superman film — seemingly agreed with Leguizamo general, however differed barely along with his pal’s description of Cain as a “hasbeen.”
“‘By no means was.’ hahahahha,” Grillo, 60, replied.
Academy Award nominee Tatum O’Neal, Empire cocreator Lee Daniels and Purple Rain actress Apollonia Kotero additionally confirmed their assist for Leguizamo’s stance.
Cain, 59, introduced earlier this week through social media that he deliberate to hunt employment with the immigration company, which has carried out deportation raids all through the nation since Donald Trump took workplace as president in January.
“For individuals who don’t know, I’m a sworn legislation enforcement officer, in addition to being a filmmaker. I felt it was vital to affix with our first responders to assist safe the security of all Individuals,” Cain defined through Instagram . “Not simply speak about it — so I joined up. Right here’s your alternative to affix ICE.”
The Hit the Ground actor added, “If you wish to assist save America, ICE is arresting the worst of the worst and eradicating them from America’s streets. I like that, I voted for that. They want your assist to guard our homeland and our households.”
Dean Cain in March 2022. Paras Griffin/Getty Photographs
A spokesperson for the Division of Homeland Safety confirmed to the Related Press on Thursday, August 7, that Cain can be sworn in as an “honorary ICE Officer” later this month.
A number of of Cain’s Hollywood contemporaries took subject with Cain’s alignment with ICE, with former Glee star Kevin McHale branding him a “f***ing pathetic loser” through X on Thursday, August 7.
“Look, I do know the leisure enterprise is in shambles, however think about being so out of labor and determined for consideration (I’d know) that you simply be a part of ICE?” McHale replied to Cain.
Comic Margaret Cho questioned why Cain would need to participate in ICE immigration raids given his Japanese-American heritage. (Cain has beforehand mentioned that members of his household had been interred on the Minidoka Warfare Relocation Heart in central Idaho throughout World Warfare II.)
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“You’re Japanese. You’re not even white,” Cho mentioned through Instagram. “You’re not white. I do know you, and you aren’t white. You could have by no means been white. And irrespective of what number of of those white actions that you simply take part in, [it] is rarely gonna make that occur.”
Whereas Cain is primarily recognized for his appearing roles in Lois & Clark and Supergirl, he does have a background in legislation enforcement. Cain was sworn in as a deputy officer for the St. Anthony Police Division in Idaho in June 2018, and later joined the Frederick County, Virginia Sheriff’s Workplace as a reserve deputy in Might 2022.
Cain instructed Fox Information on Tuesday, August 5, that he didn’t plan to put on a masks whereas collaborating in ICE duties, regardless of recommendation from his dad and mom to take action.
“I’ve simply outed myself fully proper now,” he mentioned. “And as a lot as my dad and mom need me to put on a masks as a result of they concern for it, no likelihood in hell.”
