Plymouth Protestors Say “Ice Out”

By Meghan Hall

Published February 4, 2026

Plymouth, New Hampshire is both beautiful and profoundly underwhelming. Forty minutes from Concord and far from anything particularly interesting—besides a super Walmart and some thrift stores—Plymouth is a modest college town. Many of the people who settle so far north do so because of their love of nature or for work. 

Perhaps it’s because Plymouth is a college town, but it seems to avoid the typical political echo chambers of rural America. There is a beauty in this that creates a sort of comfort for me. Knowing that millions of people protesting ICE across the country could translate to resistance even in Plymouth, NH is beautiful. Living in the White Mountains, we know migration is inherent to everything that lives. To live is to move and change. We are changing together all the time.

These protests are a reaction to the endless injustices enacted across our country by ICE, President Trump’s deportation agenda, and Governor Kelly Ayotte’s failure to stand up for New Hampshire’s residents. We have to keep up the pressure until something changes.

Every Saturday from 12 to 1pm—right on Tenney Mountain Highway—this protest group, organized by Central NH Indivisible meets. Despite the freezing weather, their kindness was refreshing and their energy and hope was endless. The wonderful people there let me know they are always open to others who would like to join them.