{"id":37665,"date":"2026-01-24T09:43:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T08:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=37665"},"modified":"2026-01-24T12:15:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T11:15:35","slug":"usa-undeterred-by-freezing-temps-statewide-minnesota-strikes-demand-ice-out-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=37665","title":{"rendered":"USA: Undeterred by Freezing Temps, Statewide Minnesota Strikes Demand \u2018ICE Out Now\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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. HUMAN RIGHTS .<\/p>\n

An article by Julia Conley from Common Dreams<\/a> (reprinted according to Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)<\/p>\n

Twin Cities residents are weeks into the Trump administration's deployment of thousands of federal immigration<\/a> agents in an operation that has seen a legal observer and young mother fatally shot<\/a>; US citizens dragged out of their homes<\/a> and vehicles<\/a> by masked officers; one of President Donald Trump's top Border Patrol officials lobbing<\/a> a gas grenade at lawful protesters; children<\/a> as young as 2<\/a> detained; and armed agents seemingly lurking<\/a> around every corner.<\/p>\n

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\n Demonstrators participate in a rally and march during an “ICE Out\u201d day of protest on Friday, January 23, in Minneapolis. Stephen Maturen\/Getty Images<\/a>
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But the trauma inflicted on the cities during "Operation Metro Surge" appeared only to have strengthened residents' resolve to push US Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> (ICE) out of Minnesota on Friday as residents filled the Minneapolis' downtown area to march in subfreezing temperatures and assembled at a nearby airport through which an estimated 2,000 people have been deported<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The demonstrations were part of a \u201cno work, no school, no shopping\u201d general strike<\/a> that labor, faith, and community leaders and businesses have joined in calling<\/a> for in recent days as outrage has grown over ICE's arrests of immigrants and citizens alike and attacks<\/a> on residents' First Amendment<\/a> rights. <\/p>\n

Demonstrators carried signs reading, "ICE Out Now," "Stop Pretending Racism<\/a> Is Patriotism," and "Stop Disappearing Our Neighbors."<\/p>\n

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The struggle for human rights, is it gathering force in the USA?<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Businesses and cultural institutions were closed in solidarity<\/a> across the city and the state on Friday; Truthout<\/em> reported<\/a> that about 700 businesses shut their doors across Minnesota, while businesses that remained open planned to donate their proceeds from the day to immigrant rights groups.<\/p>\n

Organizers said about 100 clergy members were arrested at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport protest<\/a>. They were among the protesters who blocked the road at a departures terminal, singing, "Before this campaign fails, we\u2019ll all go down to jail, everybody has a right to live.\u201d <\/p>\n

According to union leaders, 12 airport workers<\/a> are among the Minneapolis-area residents who have been detained by ICE in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

Chelsie Glaubitz Gabiou, president of the Minnesota Regional Labor Federation (MRLF), AFL-CIO, acknowledged that the weather on Friday was "dangerously cold."<\/p>\n

“Negative-10\u00b0F with wind chills. Like the high is going to be -10\u00b0<\/strong>F with wind chills of up to -20F,\u201d Glaubitz Gabiou told the Guardian<\/em>. \u201cWe are a northern state, and we are built for the cold, and we are going to show up.<\/p>\n

Organizers said the goals of the general strike were for ICE to leave Minnesota, the ICE agent who killed Renee Good earlier this month to be held legally accountable, and no additional federal funding for ICE operations. <\/p>\n

Seven US House<\/a> Democrats joined the Republican Party<\/a> in passing<\/a> a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security this week. The legislation still needs to get through the Senate.<\/p>\n

Nationwide, data has shown<\/a> that nearly three-quarters of people arrested by ICE have had no criminal convictions, but the Trump administration<\/a> has continued to claim it is detaining the "worst of the worst" violent criminals, even as agents have clearly been shown arresting<\/a> people who are authorized to be in the US and have no criminal records.<\/p>\n

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