Breanna Stewart protests Minneapolis shooting with sign - ESPN

Unrivaled co-founder and two-time WNBA MVP Breanna Stewart held up an «Abolish ICE» sign during player introductions at Unrivaled on Sunday afternoon, one day after federal immigration officers killed a second person in Minneapolis this month.

«Really all day yesterday, I was just disgusted from everything that you see on Instagram and in the news,» Stewart said on her decision to make a statement, adding that «everyone here [at Unrivaled] is feeling that way, one way or another.»

«We're so fueled by hate right now instead of love, so I wanted to have a simple message of 'Abolish ICE,' which means having policies to uplift families and communities instead of fueling fear and violence.»

Stewart, a four-time NCAA champion at UConn and three-time WNBA champion with the Seattle Storm and New York Liberty, said the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity targeting immigrants nationwide «hits home» even more given her wife is a Spanish citizen and still working to get U.S. citizenship.

«It's scary. You see it on social media, you see it splitting up families and dissecting communities and kids are being involved. It's the worst in all ways,» Stewart said. «And to be married to Marta… we're working to get her citizenship, and she is a legal permanent resident and all of that. But it seems like it doesn't matter. And I think that that's why these policies need to be put in place, that reform needs to happen, because it doesn't seem to be affecting the right people. It's not helping anybody.»

Several other WNBA players — including fellow Unrivaled co-founder Napheesa Collier, who plays for the Minnesota Lynx — have posted support for the thousands of protestors in Minneapolis pushing to dispel federal immigration agents