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US rock legend Bruce Springsteen (76, “Born in the USA”) dedicates a protest anthem to the residents of Minneapolis, wherein he condemns the brutal operations of the US immigration company ICE on the behest of President Donald Trump. In the music “Streets of Minneapolis,” Springsteen, amongst different issues, denounces “King Trump’s private army” “trampling on our rights” and sings a few burning metropolis “beneath the boots of the occupiers,” preventing “fire and ice” within the winter.

The rocker writes on his web site that the music is devoted to “the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renée Good.” He wrote the music on Saturday, recorded it on Tuesday and launched it on Wednesday – “in response to state terror”which plagues town within the state of Minnesota. Accompanied by chants of “ICE Out,” Springsteen calls on the music to “stand up for this country and the stranger in our midst.”

Springsteen has lengthy been referred to as a critic of the US president. Last June, throughout his tour cease in Berlin, he additionally spoke out towards the Republican, criticizing deportation raids and the federal government’s dealing with of demonstrations in Los Angeles. “They are deploying the American military on America’s streets based on falsehoods about a foreign invasion,” the singer advised tens of hundreds of followers on the Olympic Stadium on the time.