United Kingdom, March 17 -- Donald Trump's administration has been slammed by the band Semisonic for using their hit song 'Closing Time' in a controversial deportation video shared on social media.

The White House and Border Patrol's official Instagram accounts posted a video showing agents searching undocumented immigrants before deportation, set to the group's 1998 track.

Their post was captioned with lyrics from the song, reading: "'You don't have to go home but you can't stay here' @borderpatrol."

Minneapolis-based band Semisonic has now responded to the use of their music in a statement to DailyMail.com.

They said: "We did not authorise or condone the White House's use of our song in any way. And no, they didn't ask.

"The song i...