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Anti-ICE demonstrations are expected across the country today, including a student walk-out in New York City and a protest in Minneapolis following the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti
Attorney General Pam Bondi described the protesters as "rioters" and said they allegedly assaulted federal law enforcement.
The “Ice Out of Minnesota: Day of Truth and Freedom” demonstration, organized by community leaders, members of the clergy, and labor unions, called for a “no work, no school, no shopping” economic blackout.
Tom Homan will oversee ICE operations in Minneapolis after the deaths of two U.S. citizens shot by federal immigration officers.
Thousands of protesters gathered outside the Horizon Events Center with demonstrations fueled largely by outrage over two killings in Minneapolis.
Minnesotans have been protesting an immigration enforcement campaign in the Twin Cities that the Department of Homeland Security is calling “Operation Metro Surge.” Since it began in December, federal agents have shot and killed two Minneapolis residents, Renee Macklin Good on Jan. 7 and Alex Pretti on Saturday. Both were 37 and U.S. citizens.
A federal appeals court on Monday declined to reimpose restrictions on federal agents at protests in Minnesota, refusing the American Civil Liberties Union’s
Minnesota State Patrol troopers used a powerful sound system first used by the military in Maple Grove, Minnesota, to communicate and disperse noisy protesters.