ICE protests took place from Minnesota to California
Days after the shooting death of Renee Nicole Good, nationwide protests called on ICE to leave their communities.
A poll conducted on the day Renee Nicole Good was shot and killed by ICE removal officer Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis found that a majority of Americans are dissatisfied with the way Immigration and Customs Enforcement is doing its job.
A YouGov poll conducted on January 7 and published the following day showed that 40% of respondents “strongly disapprove” and 12% “somewhat disapprove” of the way government agencies are being run.
Another YouGov poll released on January 8 asked respondents how they would describe “the tactics currently used by ICE,” and 51% said they were “too strong.” Each poll was conducted among 2,686 American adults.
A YouGov poll conducted in February 2025, shortly after President Donald Trump took office, gave ICE a net favorability rating of 16 points.
A wave of protests spread across the U.S. on January 10 after Good was killed and two others injured by Customs and Border Protection agents in Portland, Oregon, on January 8.
The Department of Homeland Security and Trump administration officials claimed both shootings were carried out in self-defense. A New York Times analysis of video from the Minneapolis shooting showed Good’s car appeared to be turning away from officers.
Jeffrey Alpert, a criminology professor at the University of South Carolina, previously told USA TODAY that Goode’s killing requires a thorough investigation, but said the video appears to contradict the Trump administration’s version of events. “Apparently she drove away,” Alpert said. “She swerved and appeared to be trying to flee.”
Local authorities in Minnesota and Oregon are calling for state investigations into both shootings.
The mass shooting, which occurred in the first full week of 2026, was the latest involving federal agents under the Trump administration’s aggressive and often controversial approach to immigration enforcement. President Trump has followed through on his promise to force mass deportations, sending heavily armed federal agents into cities to carry out the plan.
Contributors: Christopher Cann, Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY
