""ICE OUT!" was the message of fliers posted on businesses' doors, referring to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency on Friday, a frigid day in snowy Minneapolis with temperatures well below freezing. "NO WORK. NO SCHOOL. NO SHOPPING." More than 300 bars, restaurants, museums, shops and other local businesses were shuttering for the day, according to the Minnesota Star Tribune. No school districts were shutting down, but schools in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul offered remote-learning options, the Star Tribune reported."
"A march in downtown Minneapolis on Friday afternoon was intended by organizers to be the largest show of opposition yet to the federal government's surge, which Mayor Jacob Frey and other Democrats have likened to an invasion. Minnesota residents have responded with anger, making noise in the streets day and night with whistles and musical instruments. Some agents and protesters have yelled obscenities at each other, and agents have deployed tear gas and flash-bang grenades to scatter crowds."
Federal immigration agents conducted a surge of enforcement in Minneapolis targeting members of the Somali American community amid fraud allegations, prompting accusations of broad removals of immigrants. More than 300 bars, restaurants, museums and shops closed for the day, while Minneapolis and St. Paul schools offered remote-learning options. Organizers planned a large downtown march and residents held sustained noise protests with whistles and instruments. Encounters between agents and protesters included shouted obscenities and the use of tear gas and flash-bang grenades; the administration said some protesters harassed agents. Major Minnesota corporations largely stayed silent and Target faced criticism and legislative pressure.
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