"MINNEAPOLIS -- A vast network of labor unions, progressive organizations and clergy has been urging Minnesotans to stay away from work, school and stores Friday to protest against immigration enforcement in the state. "We really, really want I.C.E. to leave Minnesota, and they're not going to leave Minnesota unless there's a ton of pressure on them," said Kate Havelin of Indivisible Twin Cities, one of the more than 100 groups that is mobilizing."
"The Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul have seen daily protests since Renee Good was fatally shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer during an operation on Jan. 7. Federal law enforcement officers have surged in the area for weeks and have repeatedly squared off with community members and activists who track their movements online and in streets."
"On Thursday, a prominent civil rights attorney and at least two other people involved in an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a Sunday service at a Minnesota church were arrested. Vice President JD Vance visited Minneapolis to meet with ICE officials. He said repeatedly that he believed the fraught situation in Minneapolis would improve upon better cooperation from state and local officials, and he encouraged protests to remain peaceful."
More than 100 unions, organizations and clergy urged Minnesotans to stay away from work, school and stores for a coordinated Friday protest against immigration enforcement. Daily protests have occurred in Minneapolis–St. Paul since Renee Good was fatally shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer on Jan. 7. Federal agents surged into the area and repeatedly clashed with community members and activists who track their movements online and in the streets. Authorities arrested a civil rights attorney and at least two others after an anti-enforcement protest disrupted a church service. Vice President JD Vance visited, met ICE officials and urged peaceful protests. Organizers planned a downtown march despite forecasts of dangerously cold temperatures below zero.
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