Lady Gaga paused her Mayhem Ball concert in Tokyo on Thursday to give an emotional speech about the ICE crackdown on immigrants and families stateside.

The Emmy, Grammy and Oscar winner condemned the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency for its “mercilessly targeted” occupation of Minneapolis, which has gained worldwide attention amid unrest stemming from the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

“I want to take a second to talk about something that’s extremely important to me, something important to people all over the world and especially in America right now,” Gaga told the sold-out crowd at the Tokyo Dome, as seen in a fan-shot video shared on social media.

“In a couple of days, I’m gonna be heading home and my heart is aching thinking about the people, the children, the families all over America who are being mercilessly targeted by ICE,” she said. “I’m thinking about all of their pain and how their lives are being destroyed right in front of us.”

The “Joanne” singer said she was specifically thinking about Minnesota, in addition to “everyone back at home who is living in so much fear and searching for answers on what we all should do.”

Gaga also encouraged the fans in the crowd to show solidarity with her native country.

“When entire communities lose their sense of safety and belonging, it breaks something in all of us,” she said. “I hope that you’ll all stand with us tonight. I know we’re not in America right now, but we are with our community and we love you.”

Before going into a surprise performance of “Come to Mama,” Gaga dedicated the song to “everyone who is suffering, to everyone who’s feeling alone and helpless, anyone who’s lost a loved one and is having a difficult time, an impossible time, seeing when the end will be near.”

“At a time where it doesn’t feel like it’s easy to have hope, it is my community and my friends, my family that hold me up,” she continued. “So, I would like to sing a song that does have some hope in it, to try to give us a little bit tonight.”

Gaga concludes the Japanese leg of her Mayhem Ball tour on Friday before making her way back to the United States. She’s scheduled to perform at Sunday night’s Grammy Awards, where she’s nominated for seven awards including album of the year for “Mayhem” and song and record of the year for “Abracadabra.”

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