Dean Cain, the actor finest recognized for portraying Superman on the TV sequence “Lois & Clark,” introduced on Wednesday that he will probably be becoming a member of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The choice runs in direct distinction to the ethics of the character he portrayed: an immigrant who defended different immigrants towards abuse and oppression.
Cain described himself as a “patriot” for backing President Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda and praised him for delivering on his marketing campaign guarantees to assault immigrants.
ICE brokers aggressively detain New York Metropolis Comptroller Brad Lander in June.
ICE has been on the forefront of Trump’s assault, intimidating and harassing immigrants and their households. The company has kidnapped individuals, deceived them in pursuit of immigrants, and harassed U.S. residents—together with veterans—to hold out Trump’s agenda.
ICE’s heavy-handed techniques and brutal procedures have even led to criminals adopting ICE garb as a pretext to committing crimes. Racists have additionally been donning ICE uniforms to get away with harassing Latino individuals.
Superman was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, each youngsters of Jewish immigrants, and debuted in 1938 as “the champion of the oppressed” who “had sworn to devote his existence to helping those in need.”
Cain has not performed a lot high-profile work since “Lois & Clark” ended its 4-season run on ABC in 1997. He adopted up the present with a slew of fundamental cable and direct-to-video motion pictures, and has appeared in a number of right-wing propaganda movies like “ObamaGate: The Movie,” and “God’s Not Dead: In God We Trust.”
“Superman” director James Gunn
Thus far, “Superman” has earned greater than $550 million worldwide and is the third-highest grossing movie of 2025 in the US.
