ICE protest songs

Many musicians have written protest songs against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during the second Trump administration, particularly in the wake of Operation Metro Surge, an ongoing effort on the part of ICE and sister agencies that has sent over 3,000 agents of the United States federal government into the state of Minnesota. In the course of Operation Metro Surge, federal immigration agents shot and killed U.S. citizens Renée Good and Alex Pretti, which drew significant protests from the public. Minnesotan musicians were largely the first to write anti-ICE protest songs, followed by musicians across the United States, including famous acts like Bruce Springsteen and the Dropkick Murphys. Twenty-first-century technology, including social media and artificial intelligence, significantly affected the way the anti-ICE songs were created, recorded, and distributed compared to past protest songs.