Sunday’s rally was the second demonstration against federal immigration authorities to occur in Ithaca’s downtown in the past month. Both were organized in response to the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good by ICE agents in Minneapolis. Dante de la Peña Protestors at February's second anti-ICE rally endured rainy conditions on Sunday. Over the course of the hour-long rally, speakers highlighted actions by immigration authorities across the nation and closer to home. Among the groups that presented at the rally was the Ithaca Regional Rapid Response Network, an organization that tracks and responds to ICE activity in the area.

Source: Daily Sun February 23, 2026 19:19 UTC