“I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you (Wednesday) in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis,” Springsteen wrote on social media. “It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free.”

Get Starting Point

A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.

No stranger to protest music, Springsteen made a surprise appearance earlier this month at the Light of Day festival in New Jersey. The 76-year-old singer, who in the past has lamented factory closings, farm foreclosures, and the AIDS epidemic, dedicated his performance of “The Promised Land” to Renee Good and denounced the “heavily armed masked federal troops invading American cities and using Gestapo tactics against our fellow citizens.” Springsteen then paused at the mic. “ICE should get the (expletive) out of Minneapolis,” he hollered.

Asked about The Boss’s new track, a White House spokesperson this week told reporters: “The Trump Administration is focused on encouraging state and local Democrats to work with federal law enforcement officers on removing dangerous criminal illegal aliens from their communities — not random songs with irrelevant opinions and inaccurate information.”

Springsteen isn’t the only artist speaking up (or singing) about the mayhem being caused by ICE. Folk-rocker Billy Bragg just released “City of Heroes,” an anthem supporting the persistence of protesters in Minneapolis after the shootings of Good and Pretti. The song namechecks German pastor Martin Niemöller, who famously remained silent in the early days of Nazi Germany.

“The ghost of Martin Niemöller/Haunts the halls of history/When they came for the communists/He said, ‘It’s nothing to do with me’/When they came for the democrats/He had nothing to say/And when they came for the Jews/He just looked the other way…” Then, in his thick English accent, Bragg sings: “When they came for the immigrants/I got in their face…They use tear gas and pepper spray/Against our whistles and our phones/But in this city of heroes/We will protect our home.”

Billy Bragg performs from the stage in Parliament Square during a protest against the State Visit of President Trump on Sept. 17, 2025, in London.Leon Neal/Getty

In a statement, Bragg said, “I wrote this song as a tribute to the bravery of the people of Minneapolis. Knowing that these trigger-happy ICE thugs operate in their midst, they are still willing to put themselves in harm’s way to defend their community. Their resistance is an inspiration to us all.”

Also worth a listen: Boston’s own Dropkick Murphys released “Citizen I.C.E.”; former Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello’s “Pretend You Remember Me,” which raised money for the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles; Jesse Welles’s “Join ICE”; Zach Bryan’s “Bad News”; and Lucinda Williams’ stellar new song, “World’s Gone Wrong‚” in which she sings: “Come on, baby, we gotta be strong/Dark days are getting long/Looking for comfort in a song/Everybody knows the world’s gone wrong”

Mark Shanahan can be reached at mark.shanahan@globe.com. Follow him @MarkAShanahan.