Baristas across the country protest Trump’s deportation policies — for several minutes

One video on social media appeared to portray an uprising against the deportation policies of President Donald Trump by a group of baristas, but it only lasted for several minutes.

The latte-swillers took a five-minute break from Starbucks to speak out and show their opposition to Trump’s promise of mass deportations of illegal aliens in the U.S. The demonstration was organized by a union of Starbucks workers that specifically objected to the arrest of Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish national.

‘The members of Starbucks Workers United stand in solidarity with immigrants and indigenous peoples.’

The video showed about two dozen workers at several Starbucks locations walking out of work before returning a few minutes later. It was posted to social media, where it garnered millions of

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