When Nezza went against the rules the Los Angeles Dodgers had set out for her and proudly sang “The Star Spangled Banner,” there were some who considered it a downright ungodly moment. But the 30-year-old singer tells Variety that,

Dodgers fans have grown frustrated over the team’s lack of vocal support for local immigrant communities impacted by the rise of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests and raids.

The translated national anthem, “El Pendón Estrellado,” was commissioned by the U.S. State Department in 1945. Clotilde Arias, a Peruvian immigrant, composed it.