"It's eleven in the morning, and if it weren't for the snow drifts accumulating on the sidewalks, it wouldn't seem like it's 18F (-8C). Despite the cold, dozens of people are doing something resembling a conga line. Outside the Target department store in Columbia Heights, Washington, protesters carry banners, use megaphones, play drums, sing, and dance as they march in a line, one behind the other, in an endless circle that fills the entire sidewalk."
"Say it loud, say it clear, immigrants are welcome here! they chant. Say it once, say it twice, we will not tolerate ICE! they sing while holding up signs with phrases like Boycott Target and ICE out. This time, the protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement is taking place outside the store, but last week it was inside. The same group went about buying and returning, one by one, packages of salt."
Dozens of protesters braved cold weather outside a Target in Columbia Heights, Washington, marching in a conga-like circle, carrying banners, using megaphones, playing drums, singing, and chanting pro-immigrant slogans. Protesters staged a previous inside-store action where they bought and returned packages of salt as a symbolic response to ICE; organizers connected salt melting ice to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, which arrests migrants. Target has faced a yearlong nationwide boycott accused of capitulating to Trump-aligned politics, prompting falling sales and the CEO's August resignation. Viral footage from St. Paul showing agents detaining two employees amplified recent protests.
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