US EditionBruce Springsteen Releases ICE Protest Song ‘Streets Of Minneapolis,’ Decries ‘State Of Terror’
Bruce Springsteen's rapid-release protest song honors two Minneapolis victims and accuses federal immigration agents and officials of spreading falsehoods, sparking widespread attention.
- On Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, Bruce Springsteen released 'Streets of Minneapolis,' saying `I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today` in response to the city’s 'state terror.'
- The shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti prompted nationwide protests after officials claimed self-defense, though eyewitness videos and commentators disputed those claims.
- The song's lyrics and tone portray federal agents as occupiers linked to King Trump and the Department of Homeland Security, while musically building from acoustic guitar to full band with a harmonica solo and chants demanding ICE leave.
- Springsteen dedicated the track to the people of Minneapolis and 'our innocent immigrant neighbors' while fans praised his addition to voices denouncing ICE tactics.
- Springsteen framed the release, saying `Right now, we are living through incredibly critical times...those values and those ideals have never been as in danger as they are right now`, linking it to his protest work like 'American Skin '.
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Rock legend Bruce Springsteen reacts with a new song to the ICE engagements in Minneapolis.
American rock musician Bruce Springsteen released a new song on Wednesday, expressing outrage over the Trump administration's crackdown on immigrants. He dedicated it to the people of Minneapolis and wrote it in memory of a man and woman who were shot dead by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in the city.
In response to the actions of the US immigration agency ICE, the rock musician Bruce Springsteen has released a song. In "Streets of Minneapolis", the 76-year-old sings about US citizens Alex Pretti and Renée Nicole Good, who were shot at ICE operations.
"The voice of America has been downgraded for half a century, Bruce Springsteen uses his art to tackle Donald Trump's anti-immigration policy. He released this Wednesday the song "Streets of Minneapolis", a committed hymn composed four days earlier in response to the death of two Americans under the bullets of ICE's federal agents. - Bruce Springsteen responds in music "to the state terror that fell" in Minneapolis (Culture, media and entertainm…
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