Ten days ago, as he closed out the annual Light of Day festivities at Red Bank, New Jersey’s Count Basie Theater, Bruce Springsteen stepped up to the plate and bemoaned the troubling nature of American discourse and the fragile state of our democracy.

Bruce Springsteen has just released an angry anthem called “Streets of Minneapolis” as a reaction to the fatal shootings of residents by ICE agents.

During a performance in Red Bank, New Jersey this weekend, rock legend and fierce Trump critic Bruce Springsteen had some choice words for the president regarding the situation in Minneapolis.

Springsteen, 76, then pivoted to condemnation, urging the audience inside the Count Basie Center for the Arts to stand against the Trump administration’s deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in American cities, particularly in Minneapolis.

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

New Jersey rock legend Bruce Springsteen surprised his hometown crowd at the 26th annual Light of Day concert at the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank on January 17.Footage recorded here by Brian Cilli shows the 76-year-old being cheered on by the crowd as he criticizes the Trump administration’s immigration policy while introducing his song The Promised Land.

In Red Bank, ICE agents recently detained two individuals at a Wawa parking lot, just after Bruce Springsteen criticized the agency’s tactics during a concert.

This story originally appeared in the Asbury Park Press on April 6, 2001. Renee Memoli of Middletown waited outside Jack's Music Shoppe in Red Bank from 9 p.m. Monday until midnight to be the first customer to buy Bruce Springsteen's newest release.