"About 20 faith leaders from the Bay Area have made the trek to frigid Minneapolis to participate. We're fired up, said Rev. Kevin Mann, community minister at the First Unitarian Church of Oakland. Everything about my faith is calling me to be here. Mann spoke with us on Wednesday night, just after arriving at an AirBnb provided by his old high school English teacher."
"Religious leaders from the East Bay are in Minnesota this week to protest the Trump administration's immigration enforcement campaign and the killing of Minneapolis woman Renee Good. Other clergy and congregants, including in Berkeley, are fasting for 24 hours in solidarity. Protesters and federal officers have been clashing for weeks in Minneapolis, where Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jonathan Ross' fatal shooting of unarmed Good on Jan. 7 caused tensions to explode."
"On Thursday, the federal Justice Department arrested three protesters who disrupted a St. Paul church service led by a pastor who works for ICE. Progressive faith and labor leaders in the Twin Cities have called for a statewide general strike on Friday no work, school, or shopping to demand that ICE's thousands of officers in Minnesota leave the state, and that the federal budget not include more funding for immigration enforcement."
Bay Area religious leaders traveled to Minneapolis to protest immigration enforcement and the killing of Renee Good. Bay Area clergy and congregants held a 24-hour fast in solidarity. Protesters and federal officers clashed after ICE agent Jonathan Ross fatally shot unarmed Good on Jan. 7. The Justice Department arrested three protesters who disrupted a St. Paul church service led by a pastor who works for ICE. Progressive faith and labor leaders called a statewide general strike demanding ICE officers leave Minnesota and opposing additional federal enforcement funding. Local protests included Berkeley's Graduate Hotel and a Fruitvale march.
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