Bruce Springsteen has released a new protest song condemning US immigration enforcement amid an intensified federal crackdown.

Titled Streets of Minneapolis , the four-and-a-half-minute track was released on January 28 and responds to what Springsteen called “the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis”. He said he wrote, recorded, and released the song within days of the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse, and Renee Good, whom he says were killed by a federal ICE agent during protests in the city.

In a statement, Springsteen said the song was for Minneapolis and ‘our immigrant neighbors’, and dedicated it to Pretti and Good. The lyrics directly attack federal enforcement, referring to “King Trump’s private army” and “Trump’s federal thugs’’.

Springsteen has long positioned himself as a vocal critic of Trump and his policies, using interviews, stage remarks, and music to challenge the administration. He has previously called the US president a “threat to our democracy” and has repeatedly warned about what he sees as the erosion of civil liberties.