Minneapolis, Philadelphia, New York, Washington. Large-scale demonstrations took place in several Democratic strongholds on Saturday to denounce the methods of the immigration police (ICE) in the United States after the death of Renee Nicole Good, an American mother killed by the agency this week.
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In Minneapolis, where the tragedy took place, tens of thousands of demonstrators braved the cold. Their signs carried slogans playing on words between the agency and ice, such as “De-ICE Minnesota!” » (ice melts in Minnesota) and “ICE melts in Minnesota”.
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PHOTO CHARLY TRIBALLEAU, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
People march in the streets to protest ICE after the shooting death of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis.
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A man raises his fist as people protest in Los Angeles.
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A man dressed as “King Trump” at a rally in Boston, Massachusetts.
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A woman holds a poster accusing federal immigration enforcement of kidnapping, murder and lying during a protest in Lafayette Square in Washington.
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The Renee Good rally in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Public protests have increased since Wednesday, when an ICE agent opened fire and killed Renee Nicole Good. The death of this 37-year-old American citizen triggered a massive wave of anger and protests in the United States.
Renee Nicole Good was driving her vehicle when she was hit. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claimed the event was an “act of domestic terrorism” committed against ICE agents, and claimed the victim “tried to run them over and hit them with his vehicle.”
But Minnesota elected officials and many members of civil society counter that the tragedy was “unjustified.” Initial video taken by a witness shows the vehicle speeding away from the officers’ direction. Additionally, in a second video from the officer’s perspective revealed Friday, the victim is heard saying, “It’s okay, I’m not mad at you,” moments before turning his steering wheel and being shot.
The event, combined with a similar shooting in Portland, Oregon, where federal agents injured two people on Thursday, prompted U.S. coalitions and civil rights groups to organize more than 1,000 events called “ICE Out For Good” on Saturday and Sunday.
“We are all living in fear right now,” demonstrator Meghan Moore, a mother of two from Minneapolis, told AFP.
Some 2,000 ICE agents are present in the city of about 430,000 people. Under President Trump’s directive to deport up to millions of illegal immigrants from the United States, this is the “largest immigration operation” in the country, the Department of Homeland Security confirms.
ICE creates an environment where no one feels safe, and that is unacceptable.
Meghan Moore, protester
“I see them harassing people almost every day,” said Connor Maloney, also to AFP. It’s just disgusting that this is happening in our community, around us. »
Rising tensions
On Saturday morning, three Democratic congressmen were denied access to ICE’s regional headquarters near Minneapolis – a sign of growing tensions between the Trump administration and its political opponents over ICE and its immigration actions.
Democrats deplore that local investigators were excluded from the investigations, led by the FBI. “Now is the time to follow the law…the fact that Pam Bondi’s Justice Department and this presidential administration have already reached conclusions on these facts is deeply concerning,” Minneapolis Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey said Saturday.
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey
Mr. Frey also criticized “agitators who try to incite crowds” by causing property damage or endangering individuals. “That’s what Donald Trump wants. He wants us to take the bait,” he argued.
In the afternoon, a rare outburst observed on Saturday: ICE agents sprayed pepper spray towards a group of demonstrators, after they had thrown snow and ice at the police cars, and tried to block their passage.
“(Donald) Trump sent thousands of armed federal agents into our state, and it only took them a day to kill someone,” state Governor Tim Walz commented on social media on Saturday. “Now he wants nothing more than to see chaos distract from this horrific act.” Don’t give him what he wants. »
Anywhere in the United States
“Large crowds” were also observed in Philadelphia, New York and Washington, according to major American media. No major overflows have been reported.
In Philadelphia, participants chanted “ICE has got to go” and “No fascist USA.” In Manhattan, hundreds of people held up anti-ICE symbols. And in the capital, the protesters made themselves heard in front of the White House without being repressed.
PHOTO MATTHEW HATCHER, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Protesters outside ICE field offices in Philadelphia, Saturday, January 10, 2025.
In New York, student Leah Silverman was outraged at the speed with which the administration wanted to establish its own version of the facts about the death of Renee Nicole Good. For her, it is a “blatant murder in the middle of the street”, she told the New York Times.
Smaller demonstrations were held across the country. Some of them took place in Los Angeles, Portland, Sacramento, Boston and Denver, then others took place in Austin and San Antonio in Texas, North Carolina and Arizona, among others.
Since September, ICE agents have killed four people, in addition to injuring seven, according to the media The Tracewhich catalogs and investigates gun violence events in the United States.
With CNN, Reuters, Agence France-Presse, La Presse Canadienne, Minnesota Reformer And New York Times
ICE: 9 civilians injured or killed in four months
September 12, 2025
Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez, a 38-year-old Mexican citizen, was shot and killed by an ICE officer after dragging him with his vehicle to a Chicago suburb.
October 4, 2025
A Chicago woman who warned her neighborhood about the presence of ICE was shot five times and injured by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent.
October 21, 2025
A TikTok creator who regularly follows ICE was shot and injured by a federal officer after ramming police vehicles to escape arrest in Los Angeles.
October 29, 2025
An ICE officer shot and injured an undocumented driver in Tempe, Arizona. He was speeding in his car to escape a traffic stop.
October 30, 2025
Carlos Jimenez, a US citizen, was shot by ICE after telling a group of federal agents to leave an area frequented by children waiting for a bus in Ontario, California.
December 11, 2025
A US customs agent shot and killed a Mexican national who was trying to evade capture during an operation near the border in Rio Grande City, Texas.
December 24, 2025
ICE officers opened fire on the driver of a pickup truck, a Portuguese national, after he crashed into agency cars in Glen Burnie, Maryland. The man was injured.
31 December 2025
An off-duty ICE agent fatally shot a man who witnesses said was shooting into the air to celebrate New Year’s Eve in Los Angeles. Civil rights activists call for investigation.
January 7, 2026
An ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old American citizen, in Minneapolis. Major demonstrations follow.
William Theriault, The Presswith The Trace
