Protesters gather at Museum Square in downtown Lakeport, California, on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. Photo by Elizabeth Larson/Lake County News.
LAKEPORT, Calif. — Several hundred protestors came out on the last day of January to protest the immigration crackdown that’s underway nationwide and has culminated over the past month in the shooting deaths of two people in Minneapolis.
The “ICE Out for Good” took place from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday at Museum Square in downtown Lakeport.
The protest was one among many that have taken place across the United States in recent days in response to the actions of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.
The event was organized to allow community members to stand in solidarity with Minnesota. That state has been the epicenter of federal immigration action, with a heightened presence in Minneapolis, where Renee Good, a mother of three, was killed by ICE on Jan. 7 and Alex Pretti, a Department of Veteran Affairs nurse, on Jan. 24 by Border Patrol.
The scene in Lakeport on Saturday afternoon was much like it has been at the series of protests in Museum Square over the past year.
There were several hundred attendees — organizers estimated just over 600 people took part — lining a three-block area of Main Street, cheering as passing drivers honked their horns.
Also at the event was Luca Moretti, Congressman Mike Thompson’s Lake County field representative.
Protestors who ranged across generations, from teens to seniors, carried signs with a variety of slogans that called for Donald Trump’s impeachment, conviction and removal from the presidency. Signs read “Make America Sane Again: Fight Fascism”; “Impeach Krasnov”; “Abolish ICE now”; “A Woman’s Place is in the Resistance”; “No Kings, No Oligarchs”; “Defend Democracy”; and “ICE is Un-American, Non-Christian,” among others.
There also were signs with Good’s name and with Pretti’s. One such sign said, “Pretti good time for Congress to stop this destruction of the United States.”
The day was peaceful with one exception reported by organizers.
A group of high school girls who were standing on the corner of Third and Main streets were accosted by an aggressive male subject. The individual, described as a middle aged man, pulled up in a pickup and yelled at the teens, “I hope all of you get raped and murdered!”
That subject has so far not been identified.
At the event it was announced that more protests are expected to take place in late February and March.
A sign at the “ICE Out for Good” protest in Lakeport, California, on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. Photo by Elizabeth Larson/Lake County News.
Protests take place in other parts of the region
Congressman Mike Thompson reported on Saturday that over the past week he’d been joined by over 1,500 community members in Napa and Woodland to protest ICE’s actions in Minneapolis and call for action.
Thompson was one of the first members of Congress to sign onto articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem earlier this month, leads legislation to prohibit agents from wearing masks and will be introducing legislation to mandate agents wear body cameras.
Thompson also voted no on funding for ICE and Border Patrol operations.
In Woodland, Thompson hosted a “Fire Noem” Day of Action on Wednesday at Heritage Plaza. More than 400 community members gathered to amplify calls for accountability in immigration enforcement and to call on Congress to act to impeach Noem. Thompson was joined by Yolo County Supervisors Angel Barajas, Lucas Frerichs, Sheila Allen and Mary Vixie Sandy; Woodland Mayor Pro Tempore Mayra Vega; and Jake Whitaker, chair of the Yolo County Democratic Party and former Woodland School Board member.
In Napa, Thompson led a “Stop ICE” Day of Action on Friday at Veterans Memorial Park, where more than 1,000 community members and local leaders gathered to express concern about aggressive federal immigration tactics. Participating leaders included State Senator Christopher Cabaldon, Napa City Councilmember Bernie Narvaez, Indivisible Napa’s Pat Reynes, Napa Valley Together’s Jenny Ocon, Rabbi Niles Goldstein of Congregation Beth Shalom and 13 year-old Edna Velazquez from Robert Louis Stevenson Middle School in St. Helena.
Thompson has hosted several “Know Your Rights” events over the past year for business owners, employees and community members to help people understand what they should do if ICE comes to their home or business.
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A sign at the “ICE Out for Good” protest in Lakeport, California, on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. Photo by Elizabeth Larson/Lake County News.