Minnesota ‘economic blackout’ planned to protest ICE
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Braving 13-degree cold, hundreds rallied in the streets of Downtown Boston on Saturday night, just hours after a federal agent fatally shot a man in Minnesota.
A vast network of labor unions, progressive organizations and clergy is asking Minnesotans to stay away from work, school and stores in protest at immigration enforcement operations in the state.
The Atlanta rally coincided with an economic boycott tied to demands that ICE leave Minnesota after the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good.
After ICU nurse Alex Pretti was fatally shot today in Minneapolis, about 150 people demanded an end to President Trump’s ICE immigration crackdown here and across the country.
The Justice Dept. suggested independent journalist Don Lemon could be charged after he was seen in video of a protest inside a church in St. Paul on Sunday.
Faith leaders and clergy arrested at Minneapolis airport during anti-ICE protest demanding airlines refuse federal immigration enforcement cooperation.
Emily Despain said she was filming a protest when an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent pushed her face-first into the ground and detained her.
Religious leaders struggle over whether to protest ICE or simply to support immigrants who are targeted.