Bruce Springsteen is weighing in on the latest flashpoint in the Trump administration’s nationwide immigration enforcement crackdown.

In his lengthy introduction to “The Promised Land” — which he called “probably one of my greatest songs” and “an ode to American possibility” — Springsteen said we are

Bruce Springsteen took center stage over the weekend—but not just for a concert. The aging rocker veered off-script during a

Mourning for Renee Nicole Good, the singer decried the Trump administration and the threat to freedom posed by "heavily armed masked federal troops invading an American city."

Springsteen echoed the Minneapolis mayor's call for ICE to leave the city, citing "gestapo tactics against our fellow citizens."

In a surprise appearance in New Jersey, the musician dedicated his song “The Promised Land” to Ms. Good, who was killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis this month.

"So this song is for you, and the memory of the mother of three and American citizen Renee Good,” he concluded before launching into the melody.

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

The New Jersey rocker dedicated a performance of his song “The Promised Land” to Renee Good, who was killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis.

Bruce Springsteen criticized the ICE surge in Minnesota and the shooting of Renee Good during a surprise show in New Jersey over the weekend, parroting the words of Mayor Jacob Frey in demanding that ICE “get the f--- out of Minneapolis.

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,