This year’s Super Bowl will be patrolled by immigration enforcement officials, it has emerged after Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny was announced as the half-time show headliner.

Illegal migrants attending the concert will be found, apprehended, and detained, a Trump administration official warned.

The Latin Grammy award-winning artist, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, was accused of hypocrisy for accepting the coveted slot after boycotting the US during his most recent tour in a protest against Domald Trump’s immigration policies.

Ocasio had said he refused to perform in the US over fears his fans could be detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Ocasio also referred to ICE agents as “sons of b----es,” on social media, saying they should leave “people alone and working”.

In a pointed warning to the rapper and his fans, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official, told The Telegraph: “There is nowhere that you can provide safe haven to people in this country illegally. Not the Super Bowl and nowhere else.”

Corey Lewandowski, an adviser at DHS, told The Benny Show podcast: “We will find you. We will apprehend you. We will put you in a detention facility, and we will deport you.”

Under Mr Trump’s hardline immigration policy, ICE agents have been carrying out mass arrests and deportations, often targeting the Latino community.

Immigration officers have carried out raids in areas with large immigrant populations, specifically targeting locations where undocumented migrants convene to look for work.

Some Maga figures criticised the NFL’s selection, accusing the Puerto Rican of being a “massive Trump hater” and “anti-ICE activist”.

Benny Johnson, the conservative podcaster, said the NFL was “self-destructing year after year”.

Bad Bunny is currently one of the world’s most popular artists, having topped Spotify’s most-streamed artist list three times in the last five years.

He previously dated Kendall Jenner, the fashion model sister of Kim Kardashian, and clinched the Super Bowl half-time show slot after Taylor Swift reportedly turned it down over a dispute about who owns the rights to the performance.

Previous Super Bowl half-time show performers include Kendrick Lamar, The Weeknd, Rihanna, Shakira and Jennifer Lopez.

The event will be held on Sunday Feb 8 at Levi’s Stadium, the home of the San Francisco 49ers.