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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAsbury Park Press Springsteen Archive covers 7 decades of the Boss<\/p>\n
Asbury Park Press Bruce Springsteen Archives features interviews, reviews, photo galleries and more covering seven decades of the Boss’ career.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Bruce Springsteen is raising his voice against violent immigration raids<\/a> in Minneapolis through music this week.<\/p>\n The musician released<\/a> “Streets of Minneapolis,” on Wednesday, Jan. 28, condemning recent deaths of U.S. citizens at the hands of federal agents and the Trump administration’s approach to immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n “I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It\u2019s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free, Bruce Springsteen,” Springsteen said in a statement on his website.<\/p>\n Amid controversial immigration raids, immigration agents shot dead 37-year-old U.S. citizen\u00a0Alex Pretti<\/a>\u00a0on Jan. 24 in Minneapolis. The shooting of the ICU nurse was captured on video by multiple people.<\/p>\n Civil unrest had already grown widespread in the wake of\u00a0a previous killing<\/a>\u00a0of a U.S. citizen by a federal immigration officer in the city. The Jan. 7 fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis also was caught on video.<\/p>\n Here’s what to know about Bruce Springsteen’s latest song.<\/p>\n Bruce Springsteen released his newest song, “Streets of Minneapolis,” Jan. 28, a protest song against federal immigration raids in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n In the song, Springsteen condemns the killings of U.S. citizens Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good by federal officers, criticizes the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement and expresses solidarity with protestors.<\/p>\n Here are the lyrics<\/a> to “Streets of Minneapolis,” per Genius.com:<\/p>\n Verse 1<\/strong><\/p>\n Through the winter’s ice and cold<\/em><\/p>\n Down Nicollet Avenue<\/em><\/p>\n A city aflame fought fire and ice<\/em><\/p>\n ‘Neath an occupier’s boots<\/em><\/p>\n King Trump’s private army from the DHS<\/em><\/p>\n Guns belted to their coats<\/em><\/p>\n Came to Minneapolis to enforce the law<\/em><\/p>\n Or so their story goes<\/em><\/p>\n Verse 2<\/strong><\/p>\n Against smoke and rubber bullets<\/em><\/p>\n In the dawn’s early light<\/em><\/p>\n Citizens stood for justice<\/em><\/p>\n Their voices ringing through the night<\/em><\/p>\n And there were bloody footprints<\/em><\/p>\n Where mercy should have stood<\/em><\/p>\n And two dead, left to die on snow-filled streets<\/em><\/p>\n Alex Pretti and Renee Good<\/em><\/p>\n Chorus<\/strong><\/p>\n Oh, our Minneapolis, I hear your voice<\/em><\/p>\n Singing through the bloody mist<\/em><\/p>\n We’ll take our stand for this land<\/em><\/p>\n And the stranger in our midst<\/em><\/p>\n Here in our home, they killed and roamed<\/em><\/p>\n In the winter of ’26<\/em><\/p>\n We’ll remember the names of those who died<\/em><\/p>\n On the streets of Minneapolis<\/em><\/p>\n Born Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen in Long Branch, New Jersey, he is an award-winning<\/a> singer-songwriter and guitarist, and a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.<\/a><\/p>\n The Trump administration says it will reduce the presence of federal immigration officers and move to “targeted” operations in Minneapolis as protests and civil unrest continue in the wake of a fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen, captured on video, by federal immigration officers over the weekend.<\/p>\n Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, was shot dead by a Border Patrol agent during an immigration raid in Minneapolis Jan. 24. Federal officials claimed Pretti approached officers with a gun, though multiple videos from bystanders showed him approaching officers with his phone, and he had a permit to carry a firearm, which was holstered.<\/p>\nWhat is Bruce Springsteen’s new song?<\/h2>\n
What are ‘Streets of Minneapolis’ lyrics?<\/h2>\n
Who is Bruce Springsteen?<\/h2>\n
What is going on in Minnesota?<\/h2>\n