Anti-ICE protests across U.S. demand justice in Good’s death : NPR
A large bird puppet made at In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theater in Minneapolis is carried on Lake Street during a march demanding the removal of ICE from Minnesota on Saturday, January 10, 2026.
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People took to the streets across the country this weekend to protest the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement tactics following the death of Renee Good in Minneapolis, a 37-year-old woman who was shot and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent this week.
At least 1,000 events across the United States were planned for Saturday and Sunday. according to Indivisiblea progressive grassroots coalition of activists helping coordinate the movement it calls “ICE Out For Good Weekend of Action.”
Leah Greenberg, co-executive director of Indivisible, said people are coming together to “grieve, honor those we have lost, and demand accountability from a system that has operated with impunity for far too long.”
“Renee Nicole Good was a wife, mother of three and member of her community. She and the dozens of other sons, daughters, friends, siblings, parents and community members who were killed by ICE are expected to be alive today,” Greenberg said in a statement Friday. “ICE violence is not a statistic, it is associated with names, families and futures, and we refuse to look away or remain silent.”
Large crowds of protesters held signs and shouted “ICE out now!” ” as protests continued through Minneapolis on Saturday. One of those protesters, Cameron Kritikos, told NPR he feared the presence of more ICE agents in the city could lead to more violence or another death.
“If more ICE agents are deployed on the streets, especially where public opinion is very clearly opposed to the terror in our neighborhoods, I fear there will be more violence,” said the 31-year-old grocery store worker. “I’m nervous that there will be more confrontations with law enforcement, and ultimately I think that’s not what everyone wants.”
Protesters in Minneapolis on Saturday January 10, 2026.
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The night before, hundreds of city and state police responded to a “noise protest” in downtown Minneapolis. According to Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara, about 1,000 people gathered Friday evening, and 29 people were arrested.
People demonstrated outside hotels where ICE agents were believed to be staying. They sang, played drums and banged pots and pans. O’Hara said a group of people broke away from the main protest and began damaging hotel windows. A police officer was injured by a piece of ice thrown at the officers, he added.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey condemned the violence but praised what he called the “vast majority” of protesters who remained peaceful. during a morning press conference.
“Anyone who causes property damage or endangers others: you will be arrested. We oppose Donald Trump’s chaos, not with our own chaos, but with caution and unity,” Frey said. wrote on social networks.
Commenting on the protests, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin told NPR in a statement, “The First Amendment protects peaceful speech and assembly – not rioting, assault, and destruction,” adding, “DHS is taking action to uphold the rule of law and protect public safety and our officers. »
Good was fatally shot the day after DHS launched a large-scale immigration control operation Minnesota is set to deploy 2,000 immigration agents to the state.
In Philadelphia, police estimated that about 500 protesters “were cooperative and peaceful” during a march that began Saturday morning at City Hall, Philadelphia police spokeswoman Tanya Little told NPR in a statement. And no arrests have been made.
In Portland, Oregon, protesters gathered Saturday afternoon in the streets outside a hospital, where immigration agents are bringing detainees injured during arrest, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported.
A a man and a woman were shot dead and injured by U.S. Border Patrol agents Thursday in the city. DHS said the shooting occurred during a targeted vehicle stop and identified the driver as Luis David Nino-Moncada and the passenger as Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras, both from Venezuela. As was the case in their assertion regarding Good’s fatal shooting, Homeland Security officials claimed the federal agent acted in self-defense after Nino-Moncada and Zambrano-Contreras “weaponized their vehicle.”
