Joe Rogan on undocumented people who have been in the United States for years: “There should be some kind of amnesty”
Rogan: “The only way to apply to do it the right way is you have to leave the country, which also seems kinda crazy. Like, you've built a life here.”
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From the February 10, 2026, edition of The Joe Rogan Experience, posted on YouTube
JOE ROGAN (HOST): But that, the citizenship thing is kind of crazy because the borders were wide open for four years, and they just, they invited people into the country essentially, helped them get in, gave them aid. And then once they're in, now the new administration is trying to arrest them and, and capture them. So both things are crazy.
It's crazy that you did this and that you just let these people and told them, you know, you're gonna have a better life, come to America. And then it's also crazy that now you've got armed masked people running up to people asking for your ID to check to see if you're an American.
CHERYL HINES (GUEST): Yeah.
ROGAN: Like, both things are crazy.
HINES: Both things are crazy.
ROGAN: But it's, it's just, there's no pathway even if you've been here. Like, if you came over here 25 years ago and you've been a great person and you pay your taxes and you raise a family and, like, there's no pathway. You have to go back to Mexico or go back to Guatemala or wherever you're from. The only way to apply to do it the right way is you have to leave the country, which also seems kind of crazy. Like, you've built a life here. Like —
HINES: Right.
ROGAN: There should be some kind of amnesty. Now, I'm not saying that for people that are criminals or people that, like, just got here. Like, there should be some amnesty. No. Like, no.
Like, if you were one of the people that just recently snuck across the border, like, no. Like, this is crazy. You haven't built a life here.