US EditionThousands march in cities across US in 'national shutdown' against immigration crackdown
Protesters called for a national shutdown to oppose a federal immigration crackdown after two fatal shootings by agents, with 3,000 federal officers deployed in Minneapolis, organizers said.
- On Friday, National Shutdown organisers listed 250 sites across 46 states and urged a mass halt to work and shopping in protests from New York to Washington, DC.
- The federal government launched Operation Metro Surge in early December, sending about 3,000 federal agents to Minneapolis and fueling outrage after the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
- Communities staged vigils and formed 'SOS' on a frozen Minneapolis lake, while some businesses pledged donations, and schools in Tucson and Aurora closed or canceled classes.
- Thursday, Senate Democrats and President Donald Trump announced a deal to fund most of the government while excluding DHS, amid calls for federal agents to withdraw from Minneapolis.
- Newsrooms say the ICE presence has stretched reporting capacity and forced new verification protocols, while journalists warn misinformation complicates coverage and neighborhoods face shortages, Sahan Journal and Star Tribune report.
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On the ground with thousands of anti-ICE protestors
It was too cold to take off my mittens and check Google Maps so I put my faith in the trickle of bundled-up people ahead of me. All of them were carrying signs and wearing whistles around their necks on top of layers and layers of winter clothing. At first there were dozens of us walking toward Government Plaza, across the street from Minneapolis City Hall, and within a block it was hundreds. By the time I arrived it was thousands. Some reports …
'ICE out!' Tens of thousands take to the streets nationwide to push back on Trump admin
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From Minneapolis to New York and Los Angeles to Atlanta, protests against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown erupted nationwide on Friday, as demonstrators marched, boycotted work and school, and urged their fellow Americans to shut it all down. Protesters gather at Chicago’s Federal Plaza on Jan. 30, 2026. Anadolu via Getty Images Organizers said protests were planned at roughly 250 sites across dozens of states as part of what they…
Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Minneapolis and throughout the country against Donald Trump's migration policy. Schools remained partly closed.
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