"Thousands of demonstrators have braved bitter cold to march through the streets of Minneapolis in the United States and demand an end to President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown in their city. Friday's march started with temperatures as low as minus 29 Celsius (minus 20 Fahrenheit), with organisers saying that as many as 50,000 people took to the streets, a figure that could not be independently verified."
"Many demonstrators later gathered indoors at the Target Center, a sports arena with a capacity of 20,000. Organisers and participants said dozens of businesses across Minnesota closed for the day as part of the ICE OUT! show of defiance that organisers billed as a general strike. Workers headed to street protests and marches, which followed weeks of sometimes violent confrontations between US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and protesters opposed to Trump's surge."
"In one of the more dramatic protests, local police arrested dozens of clergy members who sang hymns and prayed as they knelt on a road at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, calling for Trump to withdraw the 3,000 federal law enforcement officers sent to the area. Organisers said their demands included legal accountability for the ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good, a US citizen, in her car this month as she monitored ICE"
Thousands of demonstrators braved temperatures as low as minus 29 Celsius to march through Minneapolis demanding an end to the Trump administration's immigration crackdown and for ICE to leave the city. Organisers estimated up to 50,000 participants and many later gathered indoors at the Target Center, which holds 20,000. Dozens of Minnesota businesses closed for an ICE OUT! general strike. Protests followed weeks of confrontations between ICE agents and opponents of the federal surge. Vice President JD Vance visited to support ICE and call for reduced tensions. Local police arrested dozens of clergy who knelt and sang at the airport. Organisers demanded legal accountability for the ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good.
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