Where are ice agents being protested at and the people are putting there children in protest demonstration

Checked on January 14, 2026
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Executive summary

A wave of “ICE Out” protests has unfolded across the United States since the Jan. 7 shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, with organized demonstrations and spontaneous vigils reported in Minneapolis and more than 1,000 other cities including Los Angeles, New York City, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Portland, El Paso and Boston [1] [2] [3] [4]. Protest sites have clustered around federal facilities, streets where incidents occurred, hotels where agents were believed to be staying, and public parks; reporting also documents parents and at least some protesters who are caregivers joining marches and vigils, including named participants described as mothers [2] [5] [6].

1. Where the demonstrations are being staged — downtown federal sites, parks, streets and hotels

Protests have centered on visible federal touchpoints: in Minneapolis crowds gathered at Powderhorn Park and marched to the street where Good was shot, while smaller confrontations took place outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building and other federal detention sites [2] [5]. Across the country organizers planned “ICE Out For Good” vigils for Jan. 10–11 in more than 1,000 cities and listed locations ranging from public squares to outside federal courthouses and detention centers, and reporters noted demonstrations in Los Angeles, New York, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Hartford, El Paso and Boston [1] [3] [2] [4].

2. Tactics and local flashpoints — following agents, noisy vigils and hotel pickets

In cities such as Minneapolis and Chicago, neighborhood volunteers and rapid-response networks have been tracking and following federal agents’ vehicles to record and protest enforcement actions, while larger national groups coordinated marches and vigils; activists in Minneapolis were reported pounding drums near hotels where agents were believed to be staying and using whistles as warning systems [7] [8]. The mix of hyperlocal volunteers and national organizations has produced both disciplined memorial-style vigils and confrontational street actions that at times escalated into arrests and police crowd-control measures [7] [8] [1].

3. Parents, children and family presence at demonstrations — what the reporting actually shows

Multiple outlets document family-oriented presence at these events: the slain woman, Renee Good, is repeatedly described as a mother of three, a fact central to many memorial chants and signage, and some coverage highlights that mothers and family members joined marches and vigils—Metro and other local reporting named at least one “mother-of-two” among protesters and NPR and CNN photo essays show adults and family groups at parks and memorials [9] [2] [6] [5]. Reporting does not provide comprehensive tallies of children at every site, but it repeatedly notes that some demonstrations, particularly the daytime vigils and family-focused marches in Minneapolis and other cities, included parents and people who brought children or were identified as caregivers [2] [5] [6].

4. Tension and safety concerns — arrests, crowd-control and competing narratives

The protests have not been uniformly peaceful: outlets report arrests in Portland, Hartford and Minneapolis, use of flash bangs and chemical irritants by law enforcement, and claims from DHS and some conservative outlets that protesters were violent or obstructive [1] [10] [11] [12]. At the same time, civil-rights and advocacy groups organizing many events — including Indivisible, the ACLU and others — framed the demonstrations as vigil and accountability actions responding to the killings and federal operations [3] [4]. Both narratives appear across coverage: organizers emphasize memorials and civil protest while some official sources defend agents’ actions and criticize protesters’ tactics [10] [12].

5. What remains uncertain in the reporting

While the geographic footprint of protests is well documented and multiple outlets describe parents and at least some children present at family-oriented vigils, the sources do not provide a comprehensive, site-by-site count of where minors were brought to demonstrations or standardized data on how frequently children accompanied adults across the 1,000-plus events [1] [5] [2]. Nor do the reports settle disputed factual claims about the shooting beyond noting investigations and resignations tied to federal responses [9] [11].

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