Bruce Springsteen accuses ICE of
Bruce Springsteen denounced the “Gestapo tactics” of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and dedicated a song to Renee Good, the 37-year-old woman who was murdered by an ICE agent in Minneapolis earlier this month.
Good was in her vehicle when she was shot and killed on Jan. 7 after encountering ICE agents. While government officials alleged that she had attempted to run over one of the agents with her vehicle, videos of the incident taken by both bystanders and authorities appeared to show her trying to drive away before the ICE agent opened fire.
During an unscheduled appearance at the Light of Day WinterFest in Asbury Park, New Jersey, on Saturday, the rocker and vocal critic of President Donald Trump called on concertgoers to take a stand by performing his 1978 anthem, “The Promised Land.” Springsteen called the song an “ode to American possibilities” and said the song was a vision of both the “beautiful but flawed country we are” and the “country we could be.”

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The Boss condemned the anti-immigration crackdown taking place in many American cities and warned that the ideals and values that have long embodied the American spirit “have never been more in danger than now.”
“If you object to heavily armed, masked federal troops invading an American city and using Gestapo tactics against our fellow citizens. If you believe you don’t deserve to be killed for exercising your American right to protest, then send a message to this president,” he said.

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Springsteen also echoed comments made by Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey following Good’s death, demanding, “ICE should leave Minneapolis.”
Then he dedicated the song to her.
“This one is for you and the memory of mother of three and American citizen Renee Good.”


