Bruce Springsteen criticizes ICE, Trump in protest song Streets of Minneapolis
Posted on: Jan 29, 2026 03:02 IST | Posted by: Cbc
david bruce Springsteen is dedicating his young vocal to the people of Minneapolis, criticizing U.S. Chairman Donald Trump's on-going immigration enforcement operations in the city.
The lyrics of Streets of Minneapolis, released Wednesday, describe how "a city aflame fought fire and ice 'neath an occupier's boots," which Springsteen calls "King Trump's private army."
In a statement, Springsteen said he wrote and recorded the song over the weekend and released it in response to a second deadly shooting by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis.
"It's dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbours and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good," he wrote, naming the two victims.
Abigail Jackson, a White House spokesperson, responded: "The Trump Administration is focused on encouraging state and local Democrats to work with federal law enforcement officers on removing dangerous criminal illegal aliens from their communities — not random songs with irrelevant opinions and inaccurate information."
The slow-burning song builds from just acoustic guitar and voice to a fuller band tune, including a harmonica solo, and ends with chants of "ICE Out!"
"Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice," Springsteen sings. "Singing through the bloody mist/We'll take our stand for this land/And the stranger in our midst."
The title echoes Springsteen's Streets of Philadelphia, which served as a title song for the Tom Hanks-led 1993 film Philadelphia.
Springsteen has long been critical of the president, who in turn has called the rock icon "overrated."
They last publicly clashed last year, when Springsteen was on tour in England and told his audience that America "is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration."
Trump responded by calling Springsteen a "dried out prune of a rocker."
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