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John Leguizamo slammed Dean Cain in an Instagram video over the weekend, calling him a “moron” and a “loser” for volunteering to join ICE
“Dean Cain, your pronouns are has/been,” the actor and comedian said
In response to Leguizamo’s comments, Cain wrote on X, “He’s a good actor — I like his stuff”
John Leguizamo is slamming Dean Cain for the actor’s decision to become an agent for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
In a video posted to Instagram on Friday, Aug. 8, the Leguizamo Does America host reacted to Cain’s recent announcement that he would be sworn in as an ICE agent.
“What kinda loser volunteers to be an ICE officer? What a moron,” said Leguizamo, 65. “Dean Cain, your pronouns are has/been.”
In response to a story about Leguizamo’s comments, the Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman alum, 59, wrote on X, “He’s a good actor — I like his stuff.”
Reps for Cain did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for further comment on Monday, Aug. 11.
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Cain revealed on Jesse Watters Primetime last week that he planned to join ICE following the Trump administration’s recent push for Americans to join the agency amid an immigration crackdown.
“I’m actually a sworn deputy sheriff and a reserve police officer — I wasn’t part of ICE, but once I put that out there and you put a little blurb on your show, it went crazy,” Cain said on the show. “So now I’ve spoken with some officials over at ICE, and I will be sworn in as an ICE agent, ASAP.”
“I’m stepping up,” he added. “Hopefully, a whole bunch of other former officers, former ICE agents, will step up and we’ll meet those recruitment goals immediately, and we’ll help protect this country.”
Cain also noted during his interview on Wednesday, Aug. 6. that he was ready and willing to do whatever ICE director Todd Lyons “wants me to do” and that he would be on the front lines “in a heartbeat,” though he doubted that he would be put “in that position.”
Earlier in the day, the actor shared his plans to join in an Instagram video and encouraged others to do the same, saying “it was important to join first responders” to “help secure the safety of all Americans.”
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Dean Cain in Hollywood, California, on Dec. 1, 2024; Donald Trump in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on July 13, 2025
Leguizamo, meanwhile, has long been an activist for human rights, and often posts and speaks out about Latinx representation in media and elsewhere.
While chatting with PEOPLE recently amid the recently released second season of his MSNBC docuseries Leguizamo Does America, the actor and comedian said of Latinx people, “We’re living this parallel shadow life in America, where we’ve been here since 1492 and before.”
“And the first European language spoken here was not English — it was Spanish, in America,” continued Leguizamo, who has Colombian heritage and Puerto Rican ties.
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And despite the Latinx influence embedded all across the U.S., Leguizamo said, “We face so much trials and tribulations in this country, [including] right now, when I see all the assaults on Latin bodies and moms and children.”
“And I go, ‘The reason I did the show was to celebrate our Latin joy, our Latin abilities,’ and I found it in every show,” he added. “I found so much hope, and I hope that I can pass that on to all the viewers.”
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