While thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in Minneapolis to challenge Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids, the far-right and MAGA continue to voice their support for the federal authorities executing Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
As we neared the end of 2025, a bar and its owner in the US shot to controversial fame after promising months of free drinks to anyone helping ICE track down and deport illegal immigrants. His efforts even caught the eye of the Department of Homeland Security, resulting in officials re-posting the free-drinks announcement on their X account as well.
Not having shied away from being vocal about his support for ICE, Mark Fitzpatrick, who is the owner of Old State Saloon in Eagle, Idaho, ultimately also announced that he would be hosting a ‘Hot ICE Party’ on January 17.
This came to light just days after Renee Nicole Good, a Minneapolis mother, was fatally shot by ICE agent Jonathan Ross. Both MAGA and the White House had been vocal in their support for the officer — with a GoFundMe campaign making Ross a millionaire within days. The conservative crowd now appears to have come together in favour of the Old State Saloon owner and is efforts to support ICE.
Support for ICE agent Jonathan Ross continues after Minneapolis shooting – Here’s what he said
A few days ago, Fitzpatrick and his Idaho establishment grabbed the attention of social media users once again, as the Old State Saloon’s X account shared the news about a ‘Hot ICE Party.’
“SUPPORT ICE: Next Saturday, join us in supporting ICE from Old State Saloon. God Bless America!” the US bar wrote on X on January 10, which was three days after Renee Good was shot.
Is there a way to donate to help cover the cost?
— Nomad (@Nomad66843968) January 10, 2026
The eatery also promised a free meal and a drink to all ICE agents. At the same time, some people jumped into the comment section, questioning if there was a “way to donate to help cover the cost” of the said party.
Speaking to the Daily Mail this week, the bar’s owner has since disclosed that his family has been getting death threats over his decision to throw a pro-ICE party. Although comments and re-posts under the Old State Saloon’s posts on X have mostly applauded the bar and Fitzpatrick for the pro-ICE promotions, the owner told the UK news outlet that a different picture was unfolding behind the scenes.
Claiming that support had indeed found its way to him, Fitzpatrick asserted that in the worst cases, he couldn’t ignore the violent threats coming his way either. “When people stand up for what’s right and true and speak out against the far left, there will be a round of threats that come in,” he told the Daily Mail.
“And that threat will often stop the person or scare them enough to not continue. Sometimes you even hear apologies from them, but to me, the more people fight back against what I’m doing, I know it’s right… it just kind of fuels the fire of moving forward with that righteousness and truth.”
Defending his pro-ICE stance, Fitzpatrick further told the Mail that his decision to support ICE was a conscious move to do “the opposite” of all of the anti-ICE demonstrations that have surged since Good’s killing. Explaining his side of the argument, he went on, “You can’t have millions of contacts with people who don’t want to go out of the United States of America and have things be fine and there be no problems at all.”
Pressing on the need to get rid of people who are not Americans, he added, “We’re at this point where we don’t have time to interview people and say, who’s good enough to stay. In order to make our country healthy and strong and rich and powerful again, and take care of our own people, we have to do this.”
Not everyone against ICE agent Jonathan Ross either after Minneapolis shooting
Fitzpatrick isn’t the only one receiving split reactions for his decisions. People in the US continue to remain vehemently divided over ICE’s enforcement operations in Minneapolis, especially after Good’s shooting death.
Alongside the Donald Trump administration, a significant fraction of Republican supporters also pitched in their support for ICE officer Jonathan Ross. Calling his actions justified, they continue insisting that he only fired at Good as she posed a threat to him.
Just earlier this week, reports emerged about how MAGA had made a millionaire out of the ICE officer following the shooting tragedy. Two fundraisers – one GoFundMe and the other on GiveSendGo – have particularly led the way in collectively raising donations beyond the million-dollar mark for Ross.
At the time of writing, GoFundMe’s ‘ICE OFFICER Jonathan Ross’ campaign had raised $778,200 of its current $850,000 goal. Meanwhile, GiveSendGo’s ‘Stand With Our Brave ICE Hero’ had amassed $289,750 of its present $300,000 goal.
The self-proclaimed ‘America First’ campaigns dragged the deceased Minneapolis woman as a “radical leftist agitator” and “domestic terrorist.” They were launched as a counter to a GoFundMe dedicated to helping 37-year-old US-born Renee Good’s family. Even billionaire Bill Ackman was among the thousands of people who donated to the online fundraiser supporting ICE agent Jonathan Ross.