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Sign this PetitionTOMORROW: Historic Economic Pause in MN to Protest ICE
Hundreds of peaceful events expected nationwide in solidarity with MN’s nonviolent statewide shutdown
ICE Out For Good calls for Trump admin, Congress, Target, Hilton, Delta Airlines, Enterprise, Home Depot to rein in ICE’s abuses
MN and national spokespeople available press@moveon.org
MINNESOTA – In partnership with more than 100 Minnesota faith, community, and labor organizations and more than 375 small businesses that have committed to closing on Friday, January 23, May Day Strong, MoveOn Civic Action, Indivisible, Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), and partner organizations across the country, are organizing a National Day of Solidarity and push for corporate accountability against the escalation of ICE violence in our communities.
Friday’s unified pause in daily economic activity in Minnesota is projected to become the largest statewide act of collective resistance in generations. A peaceful march and rally at 2 p.m. local time will also punctuate tomorrow’s pause to register widespread opposition against ICE’s recklessness in Minnesota. In mere days after the announcement, there are also hundreds of nonviolent events anticipated nationwide in solidarity with Minnesota. You can find the growing list of events here.
JANUARY 23 NATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY GOALS:
In Minnesota, more than 100 faith, community, and labor organizations, including Faith in Minnesota, Unidos MN, SEIU Local 26, Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, the Minnesota AFL-CIO, UNITE HERE Local 17, TakeAction Minnesota, Local Progress Minnesota, and more, are demanding the following:
- ICE must leave Minnesota now.
- The officer who killed Renee Good must be held legally accountable.
- No additional federal funding for ICE in the upcoming congressional budget, and ICE should be investigated for human and constitutional violations of Americans and our neighbors.
- We call upon Minnesota and national companies to become Fourth Amendment businesses, cease economic relations with ICE, and refuse ICE entry to or the use of their property for staging grounds.
In addition to hosting and attending solidarity events, national partners are teaming up with organizers in Minnesota by putting the pressure on corporations, including Target, Hilton, Enterprise, Home Depot, and Delta Airlines, to show up for our communities and stand up to ICE. These demands include:
- Publicly call for an immediate end to the ICE “surge” into MN and for ICE to leave the state.
- The officer who killed Renee Good must be held legally accountable. Demand a legitimate investigation with state involvement.
- Exercise their Fourth Amendment rights and publicly post signage denying entrance to on-duty immigration agents who do not have signed judicial warrants as required by law, and train staff on how to respond when immigration agents arrive at stores and worksites.
- Publicly call for Congress to freeze funding for ICE.
You can learn more about tomorrow’s events in Minnesota and nationally at ICEOutForGood.org; email press@moveon.org for spokespeople availability.
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