Thousands Protest ICE Across Minneapolis And New York After Renée Good And Alex Pretti Deaths

A new wave of protests against the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) spread through the United States after the deaths of Renée Good and Alex Pretti, with Madrid’s Cadena SER describing a national mobilization called "ICE Out of Everywhere".

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In Minneapolis, RTVE.es reported that the president Donald Trump sent 3.000 agents federales to the area, a force five times larger than the Department of Police, as protesters gathered in the center of the city near the federal building Whipple, sede del ICE.

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RTVE.es said students and professors carried out paros from California to New York on Friday, while Cadena SER described the Minneapolis crowd forming an enormous SOS humano sobre el hielo del lago Bde Maka Ska visible desde el aire.

In New York, Cadena SER said thousands joined the protest to repudiate the policy of Donald Trump, and it quoted representatives of the Coalición de Inmigración de Nueva York calling for "el fin de esta violencia, el fin de los asesinatos".

DW reported that thousands marched on Friday, January 30, 2026, in Minneapolis and New York as part of the 'National Blackout' organized by migrant-rights groups after the shock caused by the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.

RTVE.es quoted Katia Kagan, who wore a sudadera that said “No ICE” and held a sign demanding the agency leave the city, saying "Estoy aquí porque voy a luchar por el sueño americano".

Kim, a meditation instructor of 65 years who asked not to use her surname, told RTVE.es that the deployment was "un ataque fascista total de nuestro gobierno federal contra sus propios ciudadanos".

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In Minneapolis, DW said protesters carried signs reading 'Out of ICE' and 'ICE is Trump’s Gestapo,' and it included a statement from representatives of the New York Immigration Coalition demanding "un end to this violence, an end to the killings".

Cadena SER described the slogans on placards, including "ICE es la Gestapo de Trump" and "Justicia para todas las víctimas del terrorismo del ICE", alongside photographs of inmigrantes fallecidos en centros de detención.

In New York, Democracy Now! reported that a coalition rally at 26 Federal Plaza included advocates from Hands Off NYC and Make the Road New York, and it captured protesters chanting "We want justice! We want peace! We want ICE off our streets!".

El País said the protests against ICE were expected to continue through the weekend, with demonstrations in New York and Los Angeles and clashes in front of a federal detention center in downtown Los Angeles where protesters threw objects and federal agents responded with pepper spray.

“Madrid Estados Unidos afronta este sábado una nueva oleada de protestas y movilizaciones contra las actuaciones del ICE (la agencia de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas), en una jornada marcada por el movimiento "ICE Out of Everywhere", convocado tras las muertes de Renée Good y Alex Pretti a manos de agentes federales durante operativos migratorios”

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El País also tied the protests to a broader call for a general strike, saying organizers cited the killings of Renee Good and Alex Prettien in Minneapolis on January 7 and January 24, and it described the coordinated call to "no work, no school, no shopping".

Cadena SER said the national day of action followed the National Shutdown, a paro nacional that led to the closure of businesses and students leaving classrooms as a gesture of protest, and it described the Minneapolis operation Metro Surge as a deployment of 3.000 agents federales.

El País reported that the national organization 50501 called for a "National Day of Action to Expel ICE from All Parts" and encouraged organizers in the 50 states to stage demonstrations in front of detention centers, ICE regional offices, airlines that cooperate with the agency, and congressional offices.

Democracy Now! added that the rally at 26 Federal Plaza was organized by Hands Off NYC and included a call for sanctuary policies, with Murad Awawdeh saying the city of New York must ensure "NYPD is not providing cover and collusion to ICE".