Bruce Springsteen takes on Trump, ICE at LOD, 'You must speak out'

Bruce Springsteen criticized Trump administration's deployment of ICE agents to Minneapolis at Light of Day WinterFest show in Red Bank, Jan. 17, 2026

On stage, Bruce Springsteen blasts ICE and Trump

In a surprise appearance in New Jersey, Bruce Springsteen ripped into President Donald Trump and Immigration and Customs Enforcement for its raids in Minneapolis and the killing of Renee Good.

No one cares about Springsteen’s ‘bad political opinions.’ Trump team hits back at Boss.

The White House is firing back after Bruce Springsteen blasted President Donald Trump’s deportation agenda unfolding across U.S. cities.
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Bruce Springsteen Tells ICE To “Get The Fuck Out Of Minneapolis,” Dedicates Song To Renee Good

Last night Bruce Springsteen stopped by Asbury Park’s Light Of Day WinterFest for an unannounced appearance. (I hesitate to call it a “surprise appearance,” because the Boss has popped up at 13 of the previous 25 iterations of the New Jersey festival,

Bruce Springsteen Accuses ICE Of Deploying 'Gestapo Tactics'

Bruce Springsteen denounced U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s “Gestapo tactics,” and dedicated a song to Renee Good, the 37-year-old woman who was killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis earlier this month.

Springsteen tells ICE ‘get the f--- out,’ pleads for America’s future at surprise N.J. performance

Springsteen, 76, then pivoted to condemnation, urging the audience inside the Count Basie Center for the Arts to stand against the Trump administration’s deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in American cities, particularly in Minneapolis.
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Time for ‘Fake Boss’ Springsteen to sit down and shut up

There he is, the guy who pretends to be a working-class hero, but is in fact a part of the rich elites who hate America, Bruce Springsteen. Bruce is up to his old tricks as a self-loathing American attacking ICE and potentially inciting violence against law enforcement from the stage.

Bruce Springsteen Denounces ICE, Dedicates Song to Renee Good

Springsteen also released the fabled Electric Nebraska sessions last year as part of the box set Nebraska ’82: Expanded Edition. Plus, the Boss sat down with Jeremy Allen White on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to discuss his new biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere.

This Bruce Springsteen Song Flopped at First but Then Slowly Became One of His Most Loved Tracks

Blinded by the Light didn't connect at first, but time and context turned Bruce Springsteen's song into a fan favorite.
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