"Before performing the song originally included on his 1978 album Darkness on the Edge of Town Springsteen explained that the song was written as a tribute to the American dream: to a country that is beautiful, but flawed, and to what it could still become. We are living through incredibly critical times, he told the audience gathered at the Count Basie Center for the Arts."
"Springsteen called for opposition to the use of heavily armed federal forces in American cities. He condemned what he described as Gestapo tactics against citizens and denounced the fact that people are being killed for exercising their right to protest. In that context, he quoted Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and sent a direct message: ICE should get the fuck out of the city."
Bruce Springsteen made a surprise appearance at the Light of Day Winterfest in Red Bank, New Jersey, and criticized Donald Trump's administration and the deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in U.S. cities. He dedicated "The Promised Land" to Renee Good, a 37-year-old American citizen and mother of three shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. He framed the song as a tribute to the American dream and warned that values and ideals that shaped the United States for 250 years are being severely tested. He called for opposition to heavily armed federal forces, condemned Gestapo-like tactics, and demanded ICE leave Minneapolis.
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