2026 U.S. immigration enforcement protests

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In January–February 2026, protests occurred throughout the United States in response to the shootings by immigration agents in the second Trump administration, most notably the killing of Renée Good and the shooting of two people in Portland, Oregon. At least 36 arrests were made, including 30 in Minneapolis and six in Portland. The protests were later further fueled by the killing of Alex Pretti, and anti-ICE protests have continued throughout the year.

Protesters gathered in cities across the country including Albuquerque, Atlanta, Austin, Birmingham, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Colorado Springs, Columbia, S.C. Columbus, Ohio, Detroit, Duluth, El Paso, Eugene, Grand Rapids, Hattiesburg, Houston, Kansas City, Miami, New York City, Oakland, Omaha, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, Oregon, Richmond, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Tallahassee, Washington, D.C., and Worcester.

On January 8 in Birmingham, a vigil for Good was held in Five Points South, with attendees chanting anti-Trump and anti-ICE slogans. On January 10, a protest was held outside a federal courthouse in Birmingham.

On January 30, a group of students staged a walkout in Anchorage to protest the killings of Good and Pretti.

On January 7 in Phoenix, activists held a vigil outside an ICE office and demanded justice after the killing of Good. On January 8, a vigil was held outside an ICE office to honor Good in Phoenix. In Tucson, protesters rallied following the shooting.

January 7

At night, dozens of protesters reportedly gathered at Olvera Street in Los Angeles. In San Diego, protesters marched from Little Italy through downtown to the San Diego County Administration Center.

In Sacramento, protesters pushed open the gates of the John E. Moss Federal Building on Capitol Mall, caused damage and left graffiti. There were no arrests according to Officer Anthony Gamble, a spokesperson for the Sacramento Police Department. He said the incident is now being investigated by the Federal Protective Service. The protesters were responding to a "call to action" by a local activist group known as NorCal Resist, which sends observers to document immigration sweeps, among other forms of activism.

In San Francisco, around 200 protesters gathered peacefully outside the ICE facility at 630 Sansome St, where they made speeches and recruited people to join in future actions.

January 8

In downtown Los Angeles and downtown San Francisco, protesters gathered outside of federal buildings in both cities. In San Francisco, various organizations, including the San Francisco chapter of Indivisible, gathered.

A multi-organization labor coalition including the San Diego & Imperial Counties Labor Council AFL-CIO, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 221, Unión del Barrio and San Diego Education Association, land many others—leads a weekly peaceful protest every Thursday outside the Edward J. Schwartz Federal Courthouse calling for ICE out of San Diego. Two members of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors were scheduled to attend. One organizer, wearing a Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 221 shirt was briefly detained and released. Another protest occurred in the evening.

In Fresno, the local branch of the Party for Socialism and Liberation organized a protest attended by an estimated 100 people, with support from other organizations such as Central Valley Community Action, Peace Fresno, and Raza Against War. One photojournalist and one cameraman were hit by cars during the demonstration, and motorcycle police officers directed the crowd while waiting for an ambulance. No arrests were made.

The Long Beach branch of the Party for Socialism and Liberation also organized a protest and vigil in Long Beach that was attended by hundreds of people. Local police confronted the protesters with batons, but no arrests or incidents of violence were reported.

January 9–10

On January 9, a performance of the song, "Ordinary World", was dedicated to Good by Duran Duran during a performance at the Thunder Valley Casino Resort. At a demonstration in Santa Ana, California on January 9, 2026, a 21-year-old protester was struck in the face by a projectile fired at close range by a Department of Homeland Security officer during confrontations outside a federal immigration building, according to video evidence and family statements in multiple media reports. He was taken to hospital, underwent about six hours of surgery, and was found to have skull fractures and fragments embedded in and around his eye and face; doctors have stated he lost vision in that eye permanently. The incident was captured on video showing him falling to the ground after being hit and then being dragged by a federal officer. Federal authorities have not publicly detailed the type of projectile used, while demonstrators and family accounts indicate it was a non-lethal crowd-control round.

Dolores Huerta speaking at the Renée Good Protest in Bakersfield, California, January 10, 2026

On January 10 in San Diego County, hundreds protested in Chula Vista, El Cajon, Encinitas, and Mira Mesa. In the San Francisco Bay Area, thousands of people gathered in San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda, San Jose, and more to hold signs. About 450 gathered on Ocean Beach to make a "human banner." More than 350 attended an "ICE Out for Good" rally at Fort Bragg. Another rally took place at the 24th Street BART Plaza.

Thousands rallied in downtown Los Angeles. Organizers cited the killings of Renée Good and Keith Porter, while signs read "Hands Off Venezuela." About 50 people gathered for a candlelight vigil honoring Renée Good in the city of Fontana in San Bernardino County.

January 11–17

On January 17, KCRA3 reported that a man protesting against ICE claimed he was attacked and had his vehicle damaged by counter-protesters in downtown Sacramento. The alleged victim, Scott Stauffer, claims he was holding an anti-ICE flag when a group of counter-protesters drove up with flags supporting the Trump administration. Stauffer's vehicle obtained large cracks, along with the side window being completely shattered.

A local youth holds a sign from atop a traffic light during a protest in memory of Alex Pretti, in Bakersfield, California.

January 30

Protest at Los Angeles City Hall (January 30, 2026)

A protest was held on January 30th, convening at Los Angeles City Hall, holding vigil for Renee Good and Alex Pretti. After this crowd dispersed a smaller crowd gathered at the Metropolitan Detention Center, Los Angeles, barricading doors and clashing with United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Around 6 PM the Los Angeles Police Department issued an order to disperse, leading to a partial dispersal of the crowd. LAPD later came by and cited 50 people for a failure to disperse.

Protests took place in Good's home state of Colorado in the days after the killing, including in Aurora, Boulder, Centennial, Colorado Springs, and Denver.

On January 8, about 150 people rallied in New Haven. In Hartford, an "altercation" occurred behind the courthouse when about two dozen protesters were pepper sprayed during a confrontation with ICE agents and a protester was knocked down by an ICE van. Other protests occurred in New London.

Protesters outside of ICE headquarters in Washington, D.C. on January 11, 2026.

On January 10, hundreds of protesters gathered at Lafayette Square, then marched around the White House towards the former Black Lives Matter Plaza. On January 11, demonstrators met at the George Gordon Meade Memorial on Constitution Avenue and after organizers gave speeches, the protesters marched to ICE headquarters

Governor Matt Meyer and State Representative Mara Gorman joined hundreds for a Sunday march on Main Street in Newark.

On January 9, several organizations organized a protest and vigil in Tallahassee. A protest occurred in Coral Springs.

On January 10, a crowd of over 300 protesters gathered in Hilo, Hawaii. On February 2, a vigil was organized in Hilo.

On January 7, a protest was held in Little Village, Chicago. From January 10 to 11, over 20 protests were held throughout Illinois, 5 of them in Chicago.

On the night of January 7, a crowd of at least 200 protesters affiliated with the community defense group Protect Roger Parks gathered in Fountain Square, Indianapolis.

On January 11, hundreds of protesters gathered at the Pentacrest in Iowa City and marched to the Ped Mall to honor the life of Renee Good. Hundreds also gathered at Evelyn K. Davis Park in Des Moines and Bandshell Park in Ames.

On January 21 in New Orleans, Benjamin Franklin Highschool, NOCCA Arts Conservatory and New Harmony High School staged a walkout in response to the killing of Renee Good

On January 10, more than 100 protesters gathered in the rain along Rockville Pike in Montgomery County, Maryland. The protest was organized by the Third Act Movement with members of the Indivisible Movement later joining the protest.

On January 8, the Worcester branch of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, the Massgreens Green Rainbow Party, Independent Socialist Group, and the Worcester chapter of Indivisible organized a demonstration that was attended by about 200 people outside City Hall. Worcester Indivisible also organized a smaller, candlelit vigil in another part of town on the same night in honor of Good.

On January 23, 2026, more than 300 people gathered at South Bay in Boston to protest ICE and show solidarity with protesters in Minneapolis.

On February 2, dozens of protesters gathered outside the Veteran Affairs medical center in Leeds to remember Alex Pretti.

On January 13, 2026, Detroit Will Breathe held a protest in honor of Renée Good in which protesters called for ICE to be removed from Detroit and Michigan. The protest was attended by hundreds of people including a state senator and a state representative. Around 100 people held a vigil in Brighton, Michigan to honor Good. Approximately 75 people gathered for a vigil in Paw Paw and roughly 150 people gathered to protest Good's death in Grand Rapids. A protest occurred in Lansing on January 9 where members of the crowd expressed skepticism about the motivations leading to the shooting of Good.

A protest in Minneapolis after the ICE agent shooting of observer Renée Good

ICE OUT protest in Minneapolis, January 23, 2026

A student walking around his campus with an ICE OUT banner to show support

On the day of Good's death, hundreds of protesters gathered at the location of the shooting. Later in the day, the crowd had grown to thousands. On January 8, protesters gathered outside of the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, at least three people were arrested and several others were held on the ground by law enforcement, tear gas and pepper spray were also fired at the group. On the same day, protesters barricaded the location of the shooting to create a vigil. City workers removed the barricades shortly after, but preserved the memorial that had been established.

On January 9, Minneapolis and Fridley schools were temporarily closed after reports of ICE agents tackling people at Roosevelt High School a day before. In the evening, over 1000 protesters gathered outside the Canopy by Hilton hotel in downtown Minneapolis where ICE officers were believed to have been staying. Police Chief Brian O'Hara described it as a "noise protest" to disrupt those inside until protesters began causing property damage and one police officer was injured by thrown ice. At 10:15 pm police declared the protest an unlawful assembly and 30 people were arrested, at which point the crowd dispersed.

On January 10, protests continued with thousands assembling at Powderhorn Park. In the evening, Reuters and MS NOW estimated that number as "tens of thousands".

On January 23, more than 700 small businesses and several cultural institutions closed as part of an economic protest and general strike. Organizers estimated that 50,000 attended the associated protests in subzero temperature. In the morning of the same day, hundreds of clergy members protested at Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport calling for an end to the ICE surge. Around 100 clergy members were arrested during the protests.

On January 24, in the aftermath of the killing of Alex Pretti, hundreds gathered at Whittier Park to protest. A vigil was held at Whittier Park and the intersection of 27th and Nicollet Avenue.

On January 25, about 1,000 people gathered in about 3 °F (−16 °C) weather in Government Plaza outside the Hennepin County Government Center in downtown Minneapolis for a rally, protesting ICE and CBP and calling for justice after the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti. Passing cars honked in support of the protesters. After the rally, the crowd marched down 3rd Ave. and Washington Ave., chanting phrases such as "no more Minnesota nice, Minneapolis will strike", "shut it down, shut it down, shut it down", and "strike, strike, strike, strike".

Following the distribution of an anonymous flier online that evening, demonstrators gathered outside a Home2 Suites hotel on University Ave SE that ICE agents were allegedly staying at. Demonstrators created noise and vandalized the exterior of the building. According to local police, federal agents arrived without notifying them as they were attempting to issue dispersal orders and deployed tear gas.

On January 30, there is a planned strike, attempting to replicate and expand on the previous January 26 strike. The strike organizers are calling for a total economic blackout, including schooling, work, and shopping. Though schooling in particular is being focused on, with campus protests being a focal point in the movement. The activist groups are also hoping to expand to a national blackout, not just local to Minnesota.

Also on January 30, A Concert of Solidarity and Resistance was held at the First Avenue club in Minneapolis in support of the families of Renée Good and Alex Pretti, with Bruce Springsteen performing his song "Streets of Minneapolis". Tom Morello, a musician and activist hosting the event, afterwards joined the march at Hennepin County Government Center with the thousands of people attending.

On January 31, a coalition including the 50501 movement and the Women's March organized over 300 "ICE Out of Everywhere" protests as a follow-up action to the January 30 "National Shutdown". CNN described "massive crowds of protestors ... marching across the nation" and organizers claimed that around 50,000 people joined the demonstration in Minneapolis.

On January 18, protesters disrupted worship at Cities Church in St. Paul to protest against pastor David Easterwood, who activists alleged was the acting field director for ICE in Minnesota. That afternoon, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon posted on X that the Department of Justice (DoJ) was "investigating the potential violations of the federal FACE Act" by people "interfering with Christian worshippers". Three present at the protest were arrested on January 22, including former president of the Minneapolis NAACP chapter Nekima Levy Armstrong. The three were released the next day following court orders. Federal magistrate judge Douglas Micko denied the Justice Department's application to bring charges against journalist Don Lemon, who had been reporting on the protest, and denied an application for FACE Act charges against Nekima Armstrong and one of the others arrested.

On January 20, Judge Micko found probable cause in three out of eight arrest warrants presented to him by the DoJ. According to CBS, "When [Micko] declined to sign the other five, Minnesota's US Attorney Daniel Rosen personally called the court and demanded that his decision be reviewed by a district court judge." The matter was assigned to Chief Judge for the US District Court for the District of Minnesota Patrick Schiltz, who said he would review the decision by the 27th. The DoJ claimed that a national security emergency required immediate signing of the warrants, but on January 23 a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit declined to order the District Court to sign the warrants. On January 30, Attorney General Pam Bondi said that Lemon, another journalist, and two others had been arrested by federal agents at her direction for their roles in the protest; per the Associated Press, "The four were charged with conspiracy and interfering with the First Amendment rights of worshippers".

On January 8, the Hattiesburg branch of the Party for Socialism and Liberation organized a protest attended by several people in the afternoon.

On January 8, over 200 demonstrators gathered in Kansas City outside the City Hall building in a protest organized by the Kansas City branch of the Party for Socialism and Liberation and other organizations, including the Democratic Socialists of America. On January 10, about 1000 protesters marched through Kansas City's Country Club Plaza on Saturday. Counter-protesters carried signs calling attention to Americans who had been killed by "illegal immigrants" including Mollie Tibbetts.

On January 25 and 26, hundreds protested the killing of Alex Pretti outside the Gallatin County Protest in Bozeman. More than 1000 people marched across the Beartracks Bridge in Missoula.

On January 28, over 150 protested the killing of Alex Pretti outside the Federal Courthouse in Helena.

On January 29, the Alliance for Immigrant Rights held a protest in honor of Alex Pretti outside the Yellowstone County Courthouse in Billings. Over 100 demontstrators demanded that the Billings Police Department stop collaborating with ICE.

On January 10, demonstrators protested near the University of Nebraska campus in Omaha.

On January 9, residents held a vigil in front of the courthouse fountain in Somerville.

On May 26, demonstrators against ICE gathered outside Delaney Hall, an immigration detention center where detainees were participating in a hunger and labor strike. Senator Andy Kim attended the demonstration, and said that he was pepper-sprayed by ICE agents while attempting to de-escalate the situation. He stated, "What I witnessed and experienced today was shameful. Delaney Hall is a failure; it’s this administration’s failure. The only way to make this right for our communities is to shut it down and make sure the failures we’ve seen never happen again."

On January 9, around 25 demonstrators gathered outside a federal detention facility on Albuquerque's south side in a protest organized by the New Mexico chapter of Dare to Struggle. Federal agents used pepper spray and pushed demonstrators who were chanting, holding signs, and attempting to tape signs to the facility's fence. Two demonstrators were arrested.

On January 8, hundreds of demonstrators marched through uptown Charlotte in a demonstration organized by the Charlotte branch of the Party for Socialism and Liberation. Dozens protested at the Old Courthouse in Greensboro.

Just hours after the shooting, hundreds gathered in Downtown Columbus, Ohio to protest against ICE terror. Protesters began their march at the Columbus State House and ended it at City hall, where a vigil was held for Renée Good and her family. On January 8, hundreds rallied at Fountain Square in Cincinnati. The protest was organized by the local Party for Socialism and Liberation chapter. There was a protest held at the corner of Lakeside and East 9th Street in Cleveland.

Around 300 people gathered at Courthouse Square in Dayton, Ohio for a "Dayton to Minneapolis Stop ICE Terror" protest. Around 100 people protested outside of City Hall in Toledo. It was organized by the Toledo chapter of PSL and numerous chants were heard throughout.

January 9–10

On January 9, a candlelight vigil for Good was held at Market Square Park in Cleveland, and a small march commenced afterwards. On January 10, around 300 people turned out at the intersection of North Broadway and High street in Columbus to protest the shooting.

Protests were also held in Akron, Youngstown, and Stow.

On January 11, hundreds rallied at Scissortail Park in Oklahoma City for an 'ICE OUT for Good' rally on Sunday.

On the night of January 7, protesters gathered in Pioneer Courthouse Square. A man was arrested during the protests for threatening another person. On the evening of the 2026 Portland shooting, about 400 people gathered for a candlelight vigil outside Portland City Hall, organized by the Portland chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America. Hundreds also gathered at an ICE building in Portland to protest, which the police moved protesters from before 9 p.m. 60–90 protesters remained around the facility at midnight but roads were clear.

On January 9, Portland police arrested six people, including the Portland Frog, which increases the total number of arrests to 79 people.

On January 8, over 1000 people rallied in front of Philadelphia City Hall. Speakers recounted their own stories of mistreatment at the hands of ICE locally. About 50 people gathered for a vigil for Renée Good outside the municipal building in Upper Darby Township. On January 11, hundreds of people attended a protest in Pittsburgh.

On January 8, protesters in Greenville gathered outside the city hall to demand justice for Renée Good.

On January 8 and 9, two vigils were held in Sioux Falls. Also on the 9th, an additional vigil was held in Brookings, South Dakota by the South Dakota affiliate of Indivisible, Indivisible 605. On the 11th, a protest attended by several hundred people was held in Sioux Falls by Indivisible 605.

Scene from a walkout protest at Elkins High School, Missouri City.

On January 8, demonstrators gathered outside a US Department of Homeland Security building in Pflugerville, near Austin, in a protest organized by the Austin branch of the Party for Socialism and Liberation.

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Houston's Galleria area in a protest organized by the Houston branch of the Party for Socialism and Liberation. The protestors chanted, carried signs, and played drums as they marched down Post Oak Boulevard. Police were on the scene "to ensure public safety", and there were no arrests made. On January 9, a group of activists in El Paso held a protest and vigil for Renée Good at San Jacinto Plaza.

Texas also had many student-led protests in early 2026 as high school students staged walkout protests primarily across San Antonio, Austin, and Dallas. Local police were often involved to assure the safety of the protesters.

On February 3, thousands of students at Elkins High School in Missouri City left class to protest ICE enforcement actions.

The majority of these student protests were peaceful, although there was in incident in Buda after an adult man assaulted a student protester. Student protesters in Alamo Heights were targeted by truck drivers who would release exhaust on the students.

After the protests had ended, Governor Greg Abbott called for investigations into the protests, and Austin Independent School District was especially targeted by such investigations due to the district allegedly allowing the students to ditch class.

On January 10 in Salt Lake City, around 1,000 protesters marched around Washington Square Park in an event organized by the Utah Progressive Caucus and grassroots group Salt Lake Indivisible. Protests also took place in Logan, Provo, and St. George.

On January 7, organizers held a rally outside Henry M. Jackson Federal Building in protest. On January 8, a vigil at Seattle's Waterfront was held.

On January 10, about 560 people attended a peaceful protest in downtown Mount Vernon. On January 11, about 6,500 people, including Mayor of Seattle Katie Wilson, attended a vigil for Renée Good at Cal Anderson Park. On January 13, hundreds of middle-school and high-school students in Everett, Spokane, and Clark County participated in walkout protests.

On January 9, hundreds gathered in a protest organized by the Milwaukee branch of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, with support from the Black Alliance for Peace and the Milwaukee chapter of the No Kings movement. In Madison a vigil was held at the state capitol.

On January 14, high school students in Madison left class and marched to the state capitol.

National Nurses United planned a week of actions across multiple states, including candlelight vigils. Vigils were held in Augusta, Georgia, Aurora, Colorado, Austin, Atlanta, Chicago, Chico, Cincinnati, Corpus Christi, Des Moines, Durham, El Paso, Eureka, Henderson, Nevada, Kansas City, Lansing, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, Modesto, Roseville, New York City, Philadelphia, Sacramento, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, San Francisco, and Wichita.

A vigil was held outside the US Embassy in Berlin, Germany on January 11.

In a January 14 press conference, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey criticized the conduct of ICE, as well as those he said to be "taking the bait" in response, while applauding peaceful protestors. On January 15, President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in order to suppress protests in Minnesota, while Minnesota Governor Tim Walz called on President Trump to "stop the campaign of retribution"; Walz also urged protestors to remain peaceful and to not "fan the flames of chaos".

According to journalism watchdog Media Matters, right-wing media figures and outlets including Fox News have variously described the largely peaceful protests as "insurgency", "terroristic extremism", and "guerilla warfare", and blamed local officials for allegedly inciting "civil war". On January 16, the US Department of Justice reportedly was investigating Walz and Frey for alleged conspiracy to "impede federal immigration agents", in part for comments they have made regarding the ongoing protests.

• Protests against mass deportation during the second Trump administration