Twin Cities businesses close up shop to protest ICE operation

The “ICE Out” protests, planned as the largest coordinated protest action to date, are concentrated in the Twin Cities area, composed of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Despite below-freezing temperatures, over 100 groups are mobilizing to produce the event, including labor unions, faith leaders, and liberal community activist groups, such as Indivisible Twin Cities and Freedom Road Socialist Organization, a self-described “revolutionary Marxist-Leninist” group. 

More than 700 businesses are expected to participate in the day’s events, according to Kare11, along with dozens of places of worship. Organizers are urging residents to avoid shopping, stay home from work or school, and march to a 2 p.m. rally in downtown Minneapolis, which will end with a second protest at Target Center. The closures and demonstrations mark Renee Good’s death