White House dismisses ‘irrelevant’ Springsteen song about Minneapolis

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Musician Bruce Springsteen released his latest song Wednesday, centered on the recent federal immigration operations in Minneapolis.

The song, “Streets of Minneapolis,” discusses the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, who were shot during the Department of Homeland Security operations to detain illegal immigrants in the city. Springsteen said he wrote the song the day that a Border Patrol agent shot and killed Pretti.

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