The anti-ICE protests sparked by the killing of a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis by a federal immigration agent are spreading beyond major cities to small-town America.
Protesters took to the streets of communities from Black Mountain in North Carolina to Fort Bragg, California, as well as Minneapolis, Portland, and other big cities over the weekend, days after Renee Nicole Good—a U.S. citizen and a mother of three—was shot and killed by an ICE officer in the Minnesota city.
While federal officials have portrayed the shooting as an act of “self-defense,” accusing Good of trying to run over the agent with her car, video footage of the incident appears to contradict that account, and local leaders have strongly disputed the Trump Administration’s claims. The incident, and the shooting of two other people in Portland by Border Patrol agents just a day after Good was killed, have renewed public outrage over the Trump Administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement tactics. And that anger has prompted demonstrations in both cities and towns across the country.
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In Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, protesters on Saturday held up signs bearing messages like “We support our immigrant neighbors,” “ICE out for good,” and “Justice for Good” as they gathered in front of the Columbia County Courthouse.
Meanwhile, in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, demonstrators gathered the day after Good was killed, displaying her photo and carrying signs that read “Her name was Renee Nicole Good” and “Abolish ICE.”
On Sunday, more than 100 people congregated in downtown Newnan, Georgia, to protest the immigration enforcement agency.
“I love my country, and I want to preserve the things that are important,” Laura Burroughs, who has lived in the city for more…
