"ICE Out Minnesota, a coalition of community groups, religious leaders, labor unions and other critics of the federal operation, called for sit-ins and other demonstrations to continue at Target locations for a full week. Target's headquarters are located in Minneapolis, where federal officers last month killed two residents who had participated in anti-ICE protests, and its name adorns the city's major league baseball stadium and an arena where its basketball teams plays."
"They claim to be part of the community, but they are not standing up to ICE, said Elan Axelbank, a member of the Minnesota chapter of Socialist Alternative, which describes itself as a revolutionary political group. He organized a Wednesday protest outside a Target store in Minneapolis' Dinkytown commercial district. Demonstrations also were scheduled in St. Paul, Minnesota, Boston, Chicago, Honolulu, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Raleigh, North Carolina, San Diego, Seattle and other cities, as well as in suburban areas of Minnesota, California and Massachusetts."
"Target first became a bulls-eye for critics of the Trump administration's surge in immigration enforcement activity after a widely-circulated video showed federal agents detaining two Target employees in a store in the Minneapolis suburb of Richfield last month. Luis Argueta, a spokesperson for Unidos Minnesota, an immigrant-led social justice advocacy organization that is part of the CE Out Minnesota coalition, said his group is focusing its protests on the Richfield store."
Activists planned protests at more than two dozen Target stores nationwide to pressure Target into taking a public stand against an immigration crackdown centered in Minnesota. ICE Out Minnesota called for sit-ins and demonstrations to continue at Target locations for a full week. Target's headquarters and naming rights tie it to Minneapolis, where federal officers last month killed two residents during anti-ICE protests. Organizers insist Target is part of the community but not opposing ICE. Demonstrations were scheduled in numerous cities and suburbs, with demands including denying federal agents entry to stores without judicial warrants.
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