Wrapped in a Mexican flag and standing with hundreds of others in downtown Fort Worth, Jessica Elizalde stood silently as she allowed herself to feel all her emotions: sadness, anger, fear.
The 45-year-old joined a rally Jan. 10 organized by several local activist groups to protest the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer. Renee Nicole Good, 37, was shot in the head in front of her wife and multiple witnesses Wednesday morning, marking at least the fifth death linked to immigration enforcement in recent months, according to the Associated Press.
Elizalde, a Fort Worth resident, said she attended the downtown protest to raise public awareness about Good’s killing and to show the country that Fort Worth communities care about political violence.
“We can’t just stay at home and do nothing,” she said. “I know this may not be enough, but at least we need to show the people who are in charge and who are trying to bring chaos to the world that we are aware of what they’re doing — and that we’re not numb.”
The event coincided with protests organized against ICE across the country and North Texas. It came after about 400 demonstrators protested in Dallas on Thursday night.
The Fort Worth event at General Worth Square drew about 700 people, police spokesperson Cynthia Wood said via email. No disturbances were reported, and no arrests were made, she said.
About 700 people attended the ICE out of Fort Worth protest Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, at General Worth Square. The protest came after Renee Nicole Good was shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent. (Christine Vo | Fort Worth Report)
After a rally in the square, the crowd marched through downtown, holding signs and chanting slogans such as, “No ICE, no KKK, no racist USA.”
Organizer Sabrina Ball, a leader with the national advocacy group Indivisible-12’s Fort Worth chapter, said the event was intended to “humanize what happened this week and stand in solidarity with our immigrant neighbors.”
Federal officials have said Good’s shooting was an act of self-defense by an immigration officer as Good attempted to drive away in her vehicle. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey disputed that claim as a “garbage narrative” and demanded that ICE leave the city, according to Minnesota Public Radio News.
A memorial for Renee Nicole Good is displayed during the ICE out of Fort Worth protest Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, at General Worth Square. Good was shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday. (Christine Vo | Fort Worth Report)
Mayor Mattie Parker’s spokesperson did not return a request for comment on the protest or on immigration officers’ presence in Fort Worth. In August, five City Council members told the Fort Worth Report city officials had not discussed a partnership between local police and ICE.
Wood said via email that Chief Eddie García declined to comment. Before assuming the job in September, García said he intended to target criminal activity and advised undocumented residents: “Don’t become a priority.”
Speaking into a megaphone, Ball urged attendees to channel their emotion into action.
Several activist groups on-site passed out fliers seeking new members and circulated business cards with a QR code for attendees to scan and read their rights as protesters or know what to do if detained by federal immigration officers.
“Yes, you should be afraid, but you are not alone. You are not powerless,” Ball said. “You have to make the decision today that you have value, that community has value, that together we are strong and we can do hard things.”
The protest drew people of all ages and backgrounds, including teenagers, parents with toddlers, senior citizens and several religious leaders.
Public solidarity in opposition to the shooting that happened nearly a thousand miles away is essential to stand up to President Donald Trump administration’s deportation orders, Elizalde said. She held a cardboard sign that read, “The problems are not tyrants but the societies that enable them.”
Good’s shooting in Minneapolis wasn’t “insular,” Elizalde of Fort Worth said. It could happen to anyone, she added, fearing more violence as residents’ anxiety heightens and federal officials celebrate mass deportations.
“If you don’t agree with this, you need to come out and say it,” Elizalde said. “If not, then assume your place in history. If you’re not part of this movement, then you’re with the people who are imposing hate and fear on the rest of us.”
People carry signs and American flags during the ICE out of Fort Worth protest Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, at General Worth Square. (Christine Vo | Fort Worth Report)
Cecilia Lenzen is a government accountability reporter for the Fort Worth Report. Contact her at cecilia.lenzen@fortworthreport.org.
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