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Demonstrators in Minneapolis and other U.S. cities participated in protests as part of a "national shutdown" to end immigration enforcement operations.
Demonstrations took place across the nation six days after federal agents gunned down a Minneapolis resident who had been videotaping a deportation action. The killing of the man, Alex Pretti, set off a national wave of revulsion that has posed a grave political threat to the Trump administration.
Anti-ICE demonstrations are expected across the country today, including a student walkout in New York City and a protest in Minneapolis following the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
A protest concert and a rally against the immigration crackdown in Minnesota drew crowds braving single digit temperatures to downtown Minneapolis Friday.
By Brad Brooks, Maria Tsvetkova and Daniel Trotta MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Student organizers called for walkouts and protests across the United States on Friday to demand that federal immigration agents withdraw from Minnesota,
Bruce Springsteen's protest song "Streets of Minneapolis," a response to the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents, soared to the top of iTunes
The demonstration is the latest protest in Minneapolis since thousands of federal officers were sent to the Twin Cities as part of Operation Metro Surge. U.S. Immigration and Customs and Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol agents have clashed with protesters since the operation began,
Bruce Springsteen released "Streets of Minneapolis," a protest song against violent immigration raids, on Jan. 28. Here's what the song says.
Several hundred people rallied against ICE on Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis on Jan. 31 as part of a wave of protests across the nation this weekend.
Minneapolis is seeing sustained demonstrations and heightened enforcement linked directly to U.S. (ICE) activity and a broader federal immigration push that local officials say has intensified since late last year.