December 28, 2025
The petition calls for Minaj to be returned to her home island Trinidad and Tobago.
A petition to deport rapper Nicki Minaj, real name Onika Maraj, to her home country of Trinidad and Tobago has gathered more than 37,000 signatures.
The petition, hosted on Change.org, surfaced after Minaj’s recent appearance at a Turning Point USA America Fest event, where she made comments in support of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance. Minaj also made remarks that were considered transphobic.
During her talk with Erika Kirk, Minaj leaned into a right-wing talking point that posits white people are being demonized and asked to be ashamed of themselves.
“I don’t need someone with blonde hair and blue eyes to downplay their beauty, because I know my beauty,” she said.
Minaj added that she thinks boys are being discouraged from being masculine.“It’s OK. Be boys,” she said. “There’s nothing wrong with being a boy…How powerful is that? How profound is that? Boys will be boys, and there’s nothing wrong with that.”
While Minaj said nothing explicitly malicious, her willingness to lend her voice in support of Turning Point USA and its backers was a hard pill to swallow for many. Charlie Kirk, the late founder of the organization, is on record saying disparaging things about Minaj, Black people, and Black women.
Her willingness to share the stage with Kirk’s widow, Erika, is enraging and baffling to many fans and foes. Needless to say, when the calls for deportation came, reactions varied.
@yubeeri posted: “Me liking all the deport Nicki Minaj tweets,” accompanied with a popular Beyonce Gif.
@fudontlike2bad laid out a case as to why the “Pink Print” rapper should no longer be allowed in the country including her support for known child abusers.
“Nicki Minaj keeps inserting herself into U.S. political debates despite not being a U.S. citizen & after supporting her brother, convicted of child sexual assault, & her husband, a sex offender. She can’t vote & defends deviants & has sh*tty opinions.”
For X user @rodrodyrod, the petition revealed Minaj’s non-citizen status: “Hold on, wait a goddamn minute: Nicki Minaj is not a US Citizen . . . and she’s Maga?”
With America’s immigration policies in upheaval, Minaj’s immigrant status could very well become a problem. In a recent TikTok live session, she said she is paid more than enough monetarily to be granted citizenship.
“I was born on a beautiful island called Trinidad and Tobago. But I’ve been in the states for many years. You would think that with the millions of dollars that I’ve paid in taxes to this country that I would have been given an honorary citizenship many, many, many thousands of years ago.”
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