"The day-long protest follows a series of tragedies that stem from the Department of Homeland Security's January 6 deployment of 2,000 officers to Minneapolis. One day later, an ICE officer shot and killed Renee Nicole Good, and just this past Tuesday, ICE detained five-year-old Liam Ramos and his father in their driveway. The family has an active asylum case and had no order of deportation, yet the father and son are now in a Texas detention center."
"The ICE 'surge' that cost the life of Renee Nicole Good is violating the Constitutional and human rights of Americans and our neighbors. It is time to suspend the normal order of business to demand immediate cessation of ICE actions in MN, accountability for federal agents who have caused loss of life and abuse to Minnesota residents and call for Congress to immediately intervene."
"ICE must leave Minnesota now. The officer who killed Renee Good must be held legally accountable. No additional federal funding for ICE in the upcoming Congressional budget and ICE should be investigated for human and Constitutional violations of Americans and our neighbors. Minnesota and national companies should cease economic relations with ICE and refuse ICE entry or using their property for staging grounds."
Hundreds of Minnesota businesses closed on January 23 for the Day of Truth and Freedom as community groups, faith organizations, and unions called an economic blackout. Organizers demand ICE leave Minnesota, legal accountability for the officer who killed Renee Nicole Good, investigations into ICE for human and Constitutional rights violations, and no additional federal ICE funding. The protest follows DHS's January 6 deployment of 2,000 officers to Minneapolis, the killing of Renee Good by an ICE officer, and the detention of five-year-old Liam Ramos and his father despite an active asylum case. Organizers call for Congress to intervene and companies to refuse ICE staging.
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