"National Shutdown Day on January 30 is a call to strike-to disrupt business as usual-as a way for Americans to register their mounting anger at the Trump administration's deployment of ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis and other cities nationwide. With the tagline "No work. No school. No shopping. Stop funding ICE," the nationalshutdown.org website reads, "The people of the Twin Cities have shown the way for the whole country-to stop ICE's reign of terror, we need to SHUT IT DOWN.""
"The entire country is shocked and outraged at the brutal killings of Alex Pretti, Renee Good, Silverio Villegas González, and Keith Porter Jr. by federal agents. . . . It is time for us to all stand up together in a nationwide shutdown and say enough is enough! Organizers are also calling on Congress to cut funding to the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, when it votes on the current funding package ahead of a possible federal government shutdown."
National Shutdown Day on January 30 calls for a nationwide strike to disrupt business as usual and protest the deployment of ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis and other cities. The action responds to fatal shootings of Minneapolis residents and aggressive tactics by masked federal agents, and urges Americans to stop working, attending school, and spending money. Organizers use the tagline "No work. No school. No shopping. Stop funding ICE" and demand that Congress cut funding to the Department of Homeland Security. Walkouts, vigils, and protests are planned across all 50 states.
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