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Photo by Claire Galkowski. Protesters from Westwood and nearby communities held signs and waved flags as part of the nationwide ICE Out For Good Weekend of Action on Saturday, January 10, 2026.
1-13-2026 9:44pm
Westwood Area Residents Join Nationwide “ICE Out for Good" Weekend of Action with Protest on High Street
Darlene Cancell
Editor
Thanks to William Selles and Andrea Humphrey for their contributions to this Westwood Minute article.
On Saturday afternoon, January 10th, peaceful protesters estimated to number from 125 to 200 people lined the sidewalks of downtown High Street near Gay Street in Westwood, chanting, “Love, not hate, makes America great,” and the name of Renee Nicole Good.
Ms. Good was a 37-year-old wife and mother who, according to multiple news reports, was fatally shot three days earlier in an encounter with an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The Westwood protest, quickly organized by Neponset Valley Progressives, was one out of an anticipated 1,000-plus events nationwide, according to press releases from MoveOn and Indivisible, members of the coalition behind Saturday and Sunday’s nationwide ICE Out For Good Weekend of Action. The coalition called for communities to gather nonviolently on January 10th and January 11th to “honor and humanize lives taken by ICE,” demand transparency and accountability, and demand an investigation into Ms. Good’s death.
MoveOn Civic Action Executive Director Katie Bethell, in a statement issued ahead of the protests, said, "For a full year, Trump’s masked agents have been abducting people off the streets, raiding schools, libraries, and churches. As ICE’s unnecessary, reckless, and escalatory deployment goes unchecked, the killing of civilians will only continue. None of us want to live in a country where federal agents with guns are lurking and inciting violence at schools and in our communities. This is why MoveOn members will be uniting once again this weekend in peaceful, nonviolent, powerful protests in stark contrast to the unrepentant, ruthless violence of this administration."
Photo by Claire Galkowski. Protestors in Westwood on Saturday, January 10, 2026, made their voices heard by holding signs such as "Love thy neighbor - abolish ICE!" and chanting.“The shootings in Minneapolis and Portland were not the beginning of ICE's cruelty, but they need to be the end," said Deirdre Schifeling, Chief Political and Advocacy Officer for ACLU. "These tragedies are simply proof of one fact: the Trump administration and its federal agents are out of control, endangering our neighborhoods, and trampling on our rights and freedom. This weekend, Americans all across the country are demanding that they stop," she said.
The Westwood gathering included protesters not only from Westwood but also reportedly from Canton, Dedham, Medfield, Norwood, Walpole, and other nearby towns. They could be seen waving signs and U.S. flags, demanding that ICE withdraw from U.S. cities.
One observer estimated that two-thirds of drivers traveling in either direction on High Street honked, waved, and cheered in support of the protesters’ calls to end ICE’s escalation of violence in U.S. cities and towns.
Photo by Claire Galkowski. Protesters line both sides of Westwood's High Street at the Gay Street intersection as part of the nationwide weekend of action organized by the ICE Out For Good Coalition.Westwood resident Maryann Wattendorf explained, “People from all walks of life are very concerned about the direction ICE is moving in. The shooting of Renee Good signals that we are all at risk as ICE’s campaign continues. We all need to make our voices heard.”
