Bruce Springsteen sings out against ICE and Trump in ‘Streets of Minneapolis’
Bruce Springsteen releases ‘Streets of Minneapolis’, as rap star Nicki Minaj declares herself the US president’s ‘number one fan’
Bruce Springsteen is dedicating his new song to the people of Minneapolis, criticising US President Donald Trump’s ongoing immigration enforcement operations in the city.
The lyrics of “Streets of Minneapolis”, released 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 neighbours and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good,” he wrote, naming the two victims.
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”.
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