Billie Eilish has criticised ICE following the fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis.
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Renee Nicole Good was killed on January 7 by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, which triggered widespread protests across the country. Good, a prize-winning poet with a wife and three children, was killed during a large-scale immigration enforcement operation.
She was a volunteer in a network of “neighbourhood patrols” keeping track of ICE operations in Minneapolis and was shot in her car by a federal agent. Yesterday (January 9), Eilish took to her Instagram to share several posts condemning the organisation.
The first one was a graphic calling ICE a “federally funded and supported terrorist group,” with the original creator describing the agency’s actions as “tearing apart families, terrorising citizens, and now murdering innocent people,” per Billboard.
The second post Eilish reshared called on the country to “abolish ICE”, listing 32 people who reportedly died in ICE custody last year.
Billie Eilish condemns ICE in new Instagram reposts:
“ICE IS A FEDERALLY FUNDED AND SUPPORTED TERRORIST GROUP UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY THAT HAS DONE NOTHING TO MAKE OUR STREETS SAFER.” pic.twitter.com/XnqfdwDHQH
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) January 9, 2026
The third encourages US citizens to call their representatives in Congress to demand that ICE be defunded, and for the officer who fired the deadly shot in Minneapolis to be arrested and charged immediately.
Eilish has long been vocal in her opposition to Trump’s policies, and has been an advocate for gun control in America, speaking out after the Brown University shooting in December.
She previously appeared alongside a host of artists in a Artist For Action To Prevent Gun Violence video, calling for gun control in 2023, and in 2019, she also implored her fans to speak up to help impose stricter gun control laws in the US, following two deadly mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio.
Neil Young has also commented on the shooting, urging Americans to “rise up” against ICE.
In other news, ICE are no longer running ads on Spotify, following concerns relating to the fatal shooting of Good.
