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ICE raids Denver’s Ball Arena in latest ‘South Park’ episode

Trey Parker and Matt Stone are at it again.

The “South Park” creators and owners of Casa Bonita took aim once again at President Donald Trump and the current political climate in the latest episode of the long-running show.

In the new episode, Episode 2 from Season 27 titled “Get a Nut” that aired Wednesday on Comedy Central, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided a Dora The Explorer Live! show at Denver’s Ball Arena.

Dora is seen being detained by ICE agents.

The scene is followed by an ICE protest in Denver’s Larimer Square.

ICE Protests break out in Larimer Square on 'South Park'

ICE Protests break out in Larimer Square in Season 27, Episode 2 of South Park, as seen in this screenshot via Comedy Central.

Screenshot of "South Park" via Comedy Central

ICE Protests break out in Larimer Square on 'South Park'

ICE Protests break out in Larimer Square in Season 27, Episode 2 of South Park, as seen in this screenshot via Comedy Central.






“I have no doubt that there are many, many Latinos in heaven,” one protester tells a news reporter.

The next scene cuts to ICE agents raiding heaven.

“Only detain the brown ones,” a parody of Homeland Security Director Kristi Noem instructs the agents. “If it’s brown, it does down.”

Throughout the episode, Noem is depicted gunning down numerous puppies — a gratuitous reference to her political memoir in which she admitted fatally shooting her 14-month-old dog Cricket after she said it killed chickens.

Parker and Stone also targeted Noem’s appearance in the episode, showing a team of makeup artists working on her face with the sounds of construction equipment playing in the background.

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“It never ends, but it’s so lazy to constantly make fun of women for how they look,” Noem reportedly told Glenn Beck on his radio show after the episode, which she said she didn’t watch.

“It’s always the liberals and the extremists who do that,” she added. “If they wanted to criticize my job, go ahead and do that. But clearly they can’t; they just pick something petty like that.”

The episode also highlighted the high salaries and bonuses offered to new ICE agents and the department’s aggressive recruiting push.

Later in the episode, South Park elementary school’s counselor Mr. Mackey, who had been fired from his job amid government spending cuts, was flown to Mar-a-Lago to be honored by Trump for his stellar work in his new role as an ICE agent.

Mackey has a change of heart after the parodies of Trump and a miniature sidekick version of Vice President JD Vance try to coerce him into bed with Satan.

The scene revisited one of the themes of the Season 27 premiere episode, which the White House lambasted at the time. 

“This show hasn’t been relevant for over 20 years and is hanging on by a thread with uninspired ideas in a desperate attempt for attention,” White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers said in the statement. “President Trump has delivered on more promises in just six months than any other president in our country’s history – and no fourth-rate show can derail President Trump’s hot streak.”

When asked about the White House’s criticism, Parker offered a tongue-in-cheek apology. “We’re terribly sorry,” he said, followed by a long, deadpan-comic stare.

Wednesday’s episode culminated with the parody of Noem fatally shooting Krypto, Superman’s dog, as it flew in to presumably save the day.

“South Park” last month reached a $1.5 billion, 5-year streaming deal with Paramount, according to the LA Times.

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