Left-leaning group to protest in Surprise against ICE

(The Center Square) – A left-leaning activist group will hold its second “ICE Out for Good” protest Saturday in Surprise, Arizona.

The protest, which is against the fatal U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, is being organized by Northwest Valley Indivisible. It follows a Jan. 10 protest, attended by more than a thousand people in Surprise, which is about 30 miles northwest of Phoenix.

NVI is holding another protest because “the response from ICE has been to ramp up their efforts,” Brent Peak, a volunteer member of NVI, told The Center Square.

“Our goal is to keep showing up because they do, and we feel like what they’re doing is unwarranted, outta line, cruel [and] chaotic,” he explained.

Peak called the Jan. 7 killing of Good “horrific” and noted many are coming to the protests against the fatal shooting.

He noted the Surprise Police Department estimated 1,250 people attended last weekend’s protest. He expects a similar turnout at this Satu...