‘ICE out for Good’ protests unfold in Salt Lake City, other Utah cities after Minneapolis killing

Salt Lake City was one of many places across the country where organized protests unfolded Saturday after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed a woman Wednesday in Minneapolis.

The woman killed, a 37-year-old mother of three, was identified as Renee Nicole Good. Her name inspired the name of the weekend movement, “ICE out for Good,” to “demand accountability.”

Organizers in Utah include activist group Salt Lake Indivisible and the Utah Progressive Caucus. Salt Lake City’s protest began at 11 a.m. Saturday at Washington Square Park, 451 S. State St.

Roughly 1,000 people gathered for the demonstration, according to Jamie Carter, an organizer for Salt Lake Indivisible.

Speakers emphasized the importance of voting, shared a statement that they said Good’s wife gave to Minnesota Public Radio and read the names of people they said have been killed by ICE or died in the agency’s custody in the past year.

The crowd then walked the perimeter of Washington Square Park as Salt Lake City police blocked traffic. In what Salt Lake Indivisible organizers say was a symbol of demanding justice, protesters lined up in front of Utah’s Third District Court across State Street.

“Law enforcement do not wear masks,” said Sarah Buck, an organizer for Salt Lake Indivisible. “We do need to have patience and see if an investigation takes place the way it should.”

In a statement, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin defended the agent’s actions in Minnesota. “He used his training,” McLaughlin said, “and saved his own life and that of his fellow officers.”

At least two other “ICE out for Good” protests were planned in Utah for Saturday afternoon — one in Provo and one in Logan.

ICE arrests and deportations have surged in the Beehive State since President Donald Trump returned to office last year. From the beginning of 2025 to Oct. 15, the agency arrested about 3,000 people — a 170% increase over 2024.

In the 15 months and change leading up to the first day of Trump’s second term, the federal government deported 849 Utahns. After Trump’s return to the Oval Office, 975 people were deported from the Beehive State over a six-month span.

Generally, Trump administration officials have said the increase in immigration enforcement nationwide is an effort to “return law and order” to the country and that they’re targeting “the worst of the worst.”