Springsteen criticizes ICE deployments and dedicates song to Renee Good

Bruce Springsteen denounced the Trump administration’s deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and dedicated his song “The Promised Land” to Renee Good at a surprise appearance at the Light of Day Winterfest in Red Bank, N.J. Appearing at the show, Mr. Springsteen said, "We are living through incredibly critical times.

The United States, the ideals and the values for which it stood for the past 250 years is being tested as it has never been in modern times," according to videos that circulated online. He added: "If you believe in the power of the law... if you stand against heavily armed mass federal troops invading an American city using Gestapo tactics...

then send a message to this president," and quoted Mayor Jacob Frey before dedicating the song "to you, and the memory of mother of three and American citizen Renee Good." The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Sunday. Ms. Good was fatally shot by an ICE agent, Jonathan Ross, on Jan.

7 in Minneapolis. Mr. Ross was standing near the front of Ms. Good’s car and fired his gun after she drove toward him and then turned to the right. Mr. Trump and administration officials have said that Ms. Good had "weaponized her vehicle" against the agent. Mr. Springsteen has repeatedly criticized Mr.

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Culture, Bruce Springsteen, Renee Good, Ice, Jonathan Ross, Minneapolis