Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers spoke out against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) actions going on in Chicago as his team prepared to face the Chicago Bulls on Sunday.

Rivers, who is a Chicago native, called the federal law enforcement actions “just awful,” The Athletic reported.

“It bothers me,” Rivers said during the press conference ahead of the game. “I’m trying, I’m trying; I mean, it’s just awful what you watch and see, people getting zip tied. I mean, that’s not this country. That’s not what we’re about.”

That wasn’t the coach’s only pro-illegal comment. He also saluted the “amazing job” Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is doing — despite that Johnson has the lowest approval rating of any mayor in the nation.

“I think the mayor’s done an amazing job with everythin

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