In Alaska House, a protest against ICE was the result of a split-second decision

By: James Brooks

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: March 13, 2026

Words: 866

Last Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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Anchorage Democratic Rep. Zack Fields was listening to a speech by Republican U.S. Rep. Nick Begich III when he got fed up.

Fields scribbled a note on a nearby sheet of paper: “ICE out of Alaska” and held it up on the House floor for a few minutes while Begich spoke to lawmakers.

That simple act riled Republicans, who sought to officially reprimand Fields and kicked off a sequence of events that roiled the …

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