Accepting the award for Song of the Year, Eilish addressed the national blowback against ICE operations, which have swept up more and more immigrants with no criminal record despite the administration’s claim that it is targeting “the worst of the worst” and violent offenders.

“No one is illegal on stolen land… It’s just really hard to know what to say and what to do right now, and I just, I feel really hopeful in this room,” she said, adding: “And I feel like we just need to keep fighting and speaking up and protesting and our voices really do matter, and the people matter.”