A family in deep red Idaho has been receiving death threats because the father announced he is throwing a party in support of ICE agents at his bar.
Mark Fitzpatrick is the owner of Old State Saloon in Eagle, Idaho, just outside of Boise, and he is not shy about his political beliefs.
Just three days after Renee Nicole Good was fatally shot in Minneapolis by ICE agent Jonathan Ross, Fitzpatrick announced he would be hosting a ‘Hot ICE Party’ today on his bar’s social media pages.
He has previously sparked controversy by holding events in support of the agency, such as a promotion announced on X in November, which promised a free month of beer to anyone who ‘helps ICE identify and ultimately deport an illegal from Idaho.’
That promotion went viral after the Department of Homeland Security reposted the announcement on its X account.
Fitzpatrick was then flooded with support, criticism, and in the worst cases, threats of violence, which have all continued in light of the pro-ICE party announcement.
But the bar owner has remained undeterred and politically vocal. ‘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,’ Fitzpatrick told 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.’
Mark Fitzpatrick is the owner of Old State Saloon in Eagle, Idaho, just outside of Boise, and he is highly vocal about his support for ICE
Three days after Renee Nicole Good was fatally shot in Minneapolis by ICE agent Jonathan Ross, Fitzpatrick announced he would throw a pro-ICE party at his bar
The Department of Homeland Security reposted a previous promotion by Old State Saloon, which promised free beer to anyone who helps ICE identify and deport an illegal immigrant
In the past week since Good was killed, the country’s reaction has been split down the middle according to political alignment.
The Trump administration and most of its Republican supporters have backed ICE and called Ross’s actions justified, while Democrats have erupted into protest and labeled Good’s death as murder.
Fitzpatrick, who was a police officer for 15 years before running a bar, said he is waiting for more details about the Good shooting before forming a concrete opinion about who was in the wrong, though he leans toward the administration’s narrative.
‘I don’t see it as something that was clearly a murder,’ he said. ‘To me, it appeared like that officer could have definitely thought his life was in danger.’
Fitzpatrick said that his party will offer any ICE agents in attendance a free meal and drink, and that the bar’s screens will display the names of people who were killed by illegal immigrants as a reminder of why it is important to support ICE.
That support, he said, is meant as a counter to all of the anti-ICE demonstrations that have taken place since Good was killed.
‘You suddenly had a bunch of protests breaking out over the last week and last weekend,’ Fitzpatrick told Daily Mail.
‘And so for me, I’d like to have the opposite of that, which is support of ICE, and support of law enforcement and support of these deportations.’
Good was fatally shot by Ross on January 7. In the week since, the country’s reaction has been divided
ICE agent Jonathan Ross shot Good three times in the head. This image of him is a still from a video of the shooting
A woman is dragged from a car while allegedly blocking ICE agents in Minnesota on January 13
The woman stumbles and falls as federal immigration enforcement drag her after smashing the windows of her car in Minneapolis
According to polls conducted by YouGov over the past year, public support for ICE has dropped 30 percent since February 2025, during the beginning of President Donald Trump’s second term.
In a poll conducted by the organization on the day Good was killed, just 24 percent of respondents said they strongly approved of the agency, and 15 percent said they somewhat approved.
Fitzpatrick falls firmly into the shrinking minority of Americans who are staunch backers of ICE.
‘We’re consistently going to be in support of them anyway through the different ups and downs through the process,’ he told Daily Mail.
Fitzpatrick explained that in his view, ‘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.’
‘There’s going to be concerns. There’s going to be families that are just wonderful families that get deported. And that’s unfortunately the result of where we are in our country’s history,’ 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.
‘We have to get rid of people who are not Americans.’
Fitzpatrick said his support of ICE creates an ‘edgy’ feel to his bar (pictured)
The interior of the Old State Saloon, where the Hot ICE Party will be hosted over the weekend
Los Angeles joined several US cities mobilizing under the ‘ICE Out for Good’ banner in protests after Good’s death
Fitzpatrick said his support of ICE through events and promotions creates an ‘edgy’ feel to his bar and its online marketing.
And he is ‘not really concerned’ about the death threats that have come as a result of it.
‘I’m not an idiot who’s just going to completely ignore them. I realize there’s people out there that want harm to come to me,’ Fitzpatrick said.
‘And apparently they want harm to come to my family and everything as well because that’s what they state. But I don’t live my life in fear… whenever God says my time is up on earth, I’m okay with that because he’s in control and I have eternity to spend with him.’
The politically vocal bar owner has also been emboldened by an outpouring of support that has run parallel to the criticism and threats he has received.
Fitzpatrick said that he was sent $780 in the mail by a community group in Washington to help pay for the Hot ICE Party, which was ‘very, very touching.’
He also said that sometimes people from out of state fly into Eagle, Idaho, just to visit his bar and show their support, citing one couple from Texas who called in advance to make sure the business would be open before coming for the weekend.
‘It’s really awesome, all the support. I mean, the hate is extreme too. It’s just really kind of extreme on both sides and kind of indicative of the situation that our country is in right now,’ Fitzpatrick said.
Fitzpatrick has received threats of violence for his support of ICE, but he has also received a great deal of support through the mail and in person
Good’s family members have broken their silence to counter claims that she had a criminal past or lost custody of her children
The Trump administration ordered an investigation into Good’s widow, Rebecca
As the date of the Hot ICE Party approaches, further developments surrounding Good’s killing have emerged.
The Trump administration has doubled down on its narrative that Ross’s actions were justified, claiming that he suffered internal bleeding after being hit by Good’s car, though further details about his condition were not provided.
The administration also ordered an investigation into Good’s widow, Rebecca, keeping in line with the president’s claim in the immediate aftermath of the shooting that she was a ‘professional agitator.’ At least six federal prosecutors resigned in response to the order.
On the other hand, Good’s family members have broken their silence and spoken out in support of her, asking people to remember that ‘she was a human being and she had loved ones.’
They have countered speculation that Good had a criminal past or lost custody of her children, and indeed, according to public records reviewed by the Daily Mail, the only criminal infraction she faced was failing to have her vehicle inspected.
