PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio/AP) — The NFL has asked the Department of Homeland Security to take down a video on social media showing highlights of Hall of Fame safety Brian Dawkins in reference to a purported caravan of immigrants approaching the U.S. border.
The Department of Homeland Security posted a hype video on X of Dawkins’ punishing tackles with the caption, “Our time has come.” In the montage, Dawkins also chants, “The time has come.”
The department also posted a black-and-white still of No. 20, shrouded in smoke, performing his famous “Weapon X” stadium entrance crawl. The image is accompanied by the text, “The Border Is Closed.”
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The posts are referencing a purported migrant caravan approaching the U.S. border.
"I have respectfully not given permission to anyone other than those I currently do business with to use my NIL," Dawkins said in an Instagram video Monday afternoon.
The NFL told KYW Newsradio that it asked DHS to take the video down.
Dawkins was a nine-time Pro Bowler and five-time All-Pro safety during 16 NFL seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles and Denver Broncos before retiring in 2011.
DHS released a statement saying the United States Border Patrol “is actively tracking" a group of migrants coming from Honduras and used football jargon to add the department "is playing lockdown defense" at the border.
The statement did not address the NFL's request to take down the video, which had not been deleted as of Monday evening.
DHS posted a Dawkins video montage in response to purported migrant caravan
DHS posted a Dawkins video montage in response to purported migrant caravan
