Bruce Springsteen releases protest song ‘Streets of Minneapolis’ over deadly ICE raids

Bruce Springsteen released ‘Streets of Minneapolis’ on Wednesday. File pic/Getty Images

Bruce Springsteen is dedicating his new song to the people of Minneapolis, criticising President Donald Trump's ongoing immigration enforcement operations in the city. The lyrics of ‘Streets of Minneapolis', released on Wednesday, describe how "a city aflame fought fire and ice ‘neath an occupier's boots," which Springsteen calls "King Trump's private army."

Springsteen, in a statement, said he wrote and recorded the song over the weekend and released it in response to a second deadly shooting by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis.

"It's dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good," he wrote, naming the two victims of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids.

Abigail Jackson, a White House spokesperson, responded: "The Trump Administration is focused on encouraging state and local Democrats to work with federal law enforcement officers on removing dangerous criminal illegal aliens from their communities… not random songs with irrelevant opinions and inaccurate information."

Springsteen's slow-burning song builds from just acoustic guitar and voice to a fuller band tune, including a harmonica solo, and ends with chants of "ICE Out!"

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