(The Hill) – Podcaster Joe Rogan expressed sympathy with Americans who have expressed anger and frustration at the way President Trump’s administration has conducted immigration enforcement during his first year in office.

“You don’t want militarized people in the streets just roaming around, snatching up people — many of which turn out to be U.S. citizens that just don’t have their papers on them,” Rogan said on a recent episode of his podcast, likely referring to the president’s deployment of National Guard soldiers to aid in Trump’s crackdown.

He added, “Are we really gonna be the Gestapo, ‘Where’s your papers?’ Is that what we’ve come to?”

Rogan, who was interviewing Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said issues concerning immigration “are more complicated than anyone wants to admit.”

Trump’s immigration agenda reached a flashpoint last week following the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good, a Minnesota woman federal officials say impeded an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation in Minneapolis by using her vehicle as a weapon.

The Department of Homeland Security has defended the ICE officer who fired the lethal shot, while protests against immigration operations in the North Star State have grown in the days since the incident.

Many voters, however, have pushed back on the administration’s justification for the shooting and said the officer should face legal action.

Rogan, one of the most prominent voices in media particularly influential with young men, has broken with Trump on a number of issues in recent months after voicing support for the president during his 2024 campaign.

Trump sat with the podcast host for a more than three-hour interview just days before the 2024 election, as part of an effort to use appearances with internet influencers and popular podcasters to shore up support among younger voters.