Bruce Springsteen drops anti-ICE protest song ‘Streets of Minneapolis’

Bruce Springsteen denounced President Donald Trump in a new protest song released Wednesday, “Streets of Minneapolis.”

The Boss wrote the anti-ICE anthem this weekend in honor of “innocent immigrant neighbors” and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, who were both shot and killed this month while protesting immigration crackdowns in Minneapolis.

“I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday, and am releasing it to you today in response to the state terrorism that is hitting the city of Minneapolis,” Springsteen shared online. “It is dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and to the memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.”

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Bruce Springsteen criticized Trump in an anti-ICE anthem written in honor of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. (Kevin Mazur)

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Federal authorities described Pretti, a U.S. citizen, as an armed agitator who posed a threat to immigration agents after the fatal Jan. 24 shooting. But videos showed Pretti’s hands were only holding a phone moments before a masked Border Patrol agent opened fire on him following a scuffle with several agents.

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Pretti’s death in Minneapolis comes weeks after Renee Good, a U.S. citizen, was shot multiple times by an ICE officer. Videos show she was steering the wheels of her Honda Pilot away from Officer Jonathan Ross when he opened fire. Trump administration officials have repeatedly defended Ross, saying his life was in danger.

Springsteen wrote the new song “in response to the state of terror in the city of Minneapolis.” (Getty Images)

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The “Dancing in the Dark” musician took on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security in this four-minute clip.

“Under the boots of an occupier / King Trump’s private army of DHS / Guns strapped to their coats / I came to Minneapolis to enforce the law / Or so their story goes,” the lyrics state. “And there were bloody footprints / Where mercy should have been / And two dead people were dying on snowy streets / Alex Pretti and Renee Good.”

He added: “Trump’s federal thugs hit / His face and his chest / Then we heard the gunshots / And Alex Pretti was lying in the snow, dead.”

Billy Joel’s ex-wife, Christie Brinkley, was moved by the music and shared the song on her own Instagram page.

Christie Brinkley shared Springsteen’s song on her own Instagram page. (Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit)

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“I have always maintained that love is stronger than hate,” she wrote. “I believe that the arts, music, poetry, painting, dance are also born from love. The arts bring us together, unite us… they can make us laugh or cry at the same time. They stir emotions and often make us think from a new perspective. And when things get really dark, they can bring us back to the light.”

Springsteen previously dedicated a version of “The Promised Land” to Good during a concert in New Jersey.

“If you believe in democracy, in freedom, if you believe that the truth always matters, that it is worth speaking out, that it is worth fighting for, if you believe in the power of the law and that no one stands above it, if you oppose the heavily armed and masked federal troops who are invading American cities and using Gestapo tactics against our citizens, if you believe that you do not deserve to be assassinated for exercising your right American to protest, so send a message to this president,” Springsteen told the crowd at the Light of Day festival.

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Lauryn Overhultz of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.