{"id":46454,"date":"2026-01-31T13:05:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T21:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=46454"},"modified":"2026-01-31T13:05:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T21:05:42","slug":"from-maine-to-minnesota-and-beyond-tens-of-thousands-march-to-demand-ice-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/01\/31\/from-maine-to-minnesota-and-beyond-tens-of-thousands-march-to-demand-ice-out\/","title":{"rendered":"From Maine to Minnesota and Beyond, Tens of Thousands March to Demand \u2018ICE Out!\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/media-library\/us-immigration-politics-protest.jpg?id=63527705&amp;width=1200&amp;height=400&amp;quality=70&amp;coordinates=0%2C591%2C0%2C1078\" alt=\"US-IMMIGRATION-POLITICS-PROTEST\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>People march in Minneapolis as part of the \u201cNational Shutdown\u201d protest against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on January 30, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0(Photo by Alex Wroblewski\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cWe want to show solidarity,\u201d said one employee at a worker-owned bakery in Los Angeles. \u201cWe\u2019ve seen historically that strikes work. I hope the violence stops. I want ICE out of our communities.\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/author\/brett-wilkins\">Brett Wilkins<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jan 30, 2026 (CommonDreams.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Popular outrage over President Donald Trump\u2019s deadly campaign targeting immigrants and their defenders sparked a National Shutdown day of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/protests\">protests<\/a>&nbsp;across the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/united-states\">United States<\/a>&nbsp;on Friday, as people from coast to coast took to the streets demanding an end to US&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/immigration\">Immigration<\/a>&nbsp;and Customs Enforcement\u2019s \u201creign of terror.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNo school, no work, and no shopping,\u201d the National Shutdown&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nationalshutdown.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>&nbsp;on its website. \u201cThe entire country is shocked and outraged at the brutal killings of Alex Pretti, Renee Good, Silverio Villegas Gonz\u00e1lez, and Keith Porter Jr. by federal agents.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RECOMMENDED&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/strike-minnesota\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/media-library\/federal-agents-descend-on-minneapolis-for-immigration-enforcement-operations.jpg?id=63157963&amp;width=1200&amp;height=1200&amp;quality=70&amp;coordinates=833%2C0%2C833%2C0\" alt=\"Federal Agents Descend On Minneapolis For Immigration Enforcement Operations\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/strike-minnesota\">Undeterred by Freezing Temps, Statewide Minnesota Strikes Demand \u2018ICE Out Now\u2019<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/ice-out-now\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/media-library\/children-held-signs-as-protesters-marched-in-minneapolis-against-immigration-and-customs-enforcement.jpg?id=63524850&amp;width=1200&amp;height=1200&amp;quality=70&amp;coordinates=333%2C0%2C334%2C0\" alt=\"Children held signs as protesters marched in Minneapolis against Immigration and Customs Enforcement\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/ice-out-now\">From Business Closures to Student Walkouts, Communities Across US Demand: \u2018ICE Out!\u2019<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhile Trump and other&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/right-wing\">right-wing<\/a>&nbsp;politicians are slandering them as \u2018terrorists,\u2019 the video evidence makes it clear beyond all doubt: They were gunned down in broad daylight simply for exercising their&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/first-amendment\">First Amendment<\/a>&nbsp;right to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/protest\">protest<\/a>&nbsp;mass deportation,\u201d the campaign continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEvery day, ICE, Border Patrol, and other enforcers of Trump\u2019s racist agenda are going into our communities to kidnap our neighbors and sow fear,\u201d the protest organizers added. \u201cIt is time for us to all stand up together in a nationwide shutdown and say enough is enough!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: For the second week in a row Minneapolis came out in full force for the nationwide shutdown demanding ICE out of everywhere. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bOnN8nWEI4\">pic.twitter.com\/bOnN8nWEI4<\/a><\/p>&mdash; BreakThrough News (@BTnewsroom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BTnewsroom\/status\/2017382402880856366?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One week after an estimated 50,000 protesters marched in downtown Minneapolis for the \u201cICE Out of Minnesota: Day of Truth and Freedom\u201d rally, at least tens of thousands of people braved subzero wind chill temperatures to protest the ongoing Operation Metro Surge blitz in the Twin Cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rock icon Bruce Springsteen\u2014who this week&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/bruce-springsteen-streets-of-minneapolis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">released a song<\/a>&nbsp;called \u201cStreets of Minneapolis\u201d to pay tribute to activists fighting Trump\u2019s assault on immigrants and American democracy\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/daviss\/status\/2017328018415304812\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">made a surprise appearance<\/a>&nbsp;at a benefit concert for the families of Good and Pretti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/maine\">Maine<\/a>&nbsp;Public Radio<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainepublic.org\/immigration\/2026-01-30\/over-150-maine-businesses-shut-down-friday-for-anti-ice-strike-according-to-organizers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;that over 150 businesses, mostly in the Portland area, closed their doors Friday amid&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/ice-arrests-in-maine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Operation Catch of the Day<\/a>, during which ICE enforcers have arrested hundreds of people in the Pine Tree State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cToday, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/working-class\">working class<\/a>\u00a0of Portland has sent a clear message to those in power: Your power is derived from our labor, and we are not afraid to withhold our labor for the safety of our neighbors,\u201d South Portland retail worker Keeli Parker told\u00a0<em>MPR<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: 25k New Yorkers are in the streets, joining the whole country in massive walkouts and marches for today\u2019s national shutdown. Minnesota showed us the way and now every city rises up! ICE OUT NOW! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n48kBhMUYx\">pic.twitter.com\/n48kBhMUYx<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The People&#39;s Forum (@PeoplesForumNYC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeoplesForumNYC\/status\/2017377059006243296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In Chicago\u2014where ICE\u2019s Operation Midway Blitz prompted a special commission appointed by Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/post\/chicago-operation-midway-blitz-illinois-accountability-commission-report-calls-rogue-federal-officers-face-prosecution\/18510463\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recommend<\/a>&nbsp;the prosecution of federal agents who violate people\u2019s constitutional rights\u2014Nick Mayor, co-owner of Brewed Coffee in the Avondale neighborhood,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/chicago\/2026\/01\/29\/avondale-coffeeshop-among-chicago-small-businesses-closing-friday-for-national-general-strike\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a>&nbsp;the&nbsp;<em>Chicago Sun-Times<\/em>&nbsp;that the cost of closing his business for the day \u201cpales in comparison to the cost of what is happening to other people and their families, with their lives getting taken and torn apart.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 1,000 people packed into&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/washington\">Washington<\/a>&nbsp;Square in downtown Salt Lake City,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/utah\">Utah<\/a>, where protesters chanted slogans including \u201cPower to the people, no one is illegal,\u201d and, \u201cNo justice, no peace, we want ICE off our streets!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three hundred miles southwest of Salt Lake City in St. George, Utah, dozens of demonstrators rallied in the city center, holding signs reading, \u201cICE Out\u201d and \u201cthe wrong ICE is melting.\u201d One disapproving motorist yelled, \u201cGo back to California\u201d while driving by, the&nbsp;<em>Salt Lake Tribune<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/news\/politics\/2026\/01\/30\/national-shutdown-utah-protesters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Los Angeles, Proof Bakery, a worker-owned cooperative in Atwater Village, also shut its doors for the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe want to show&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/solidarity\">solidarity<\/a>,\u201d Proof Bakery worker-owner Daniela Diaz&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/post\/nationwide-anti-ice-protests-calls-no-work-school-shopping-heres-what-know\/18504785\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a>&nbsp;<em>KABC<\/em>. \u201cWe\u2019ve seen historically that strikes work. I hope the violence stops. I want ICE out of our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/embed\/did:plc:ryku3zw5wsf76ofvn4tjtx4s\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mdnzsv6bqk26?id=22032906993891999&#038;ref_url=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.commondreams.org%252Fnews%252Fanti-ice-protests-nationwide&#038;colorMode=system<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hundreds of high school students walked out of their classrooms in Asheville, North Carolina, where sophomore Henry Pope&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mountainx.com\/news\/education\/over-200-asheville-high-school-students-walk-out-to-protest-minnesota-killings-by-federal-officers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a>&nbsp;the&nbsp;<em>Mountain XPress<\/em>, \u201cWe reject the ICE terror that\u2019s sweeping across our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe reject everything this far-right, billionaire administration stands for, and we need justice to be brought to Jonathan Ross and every other killer ICE agent in this country,\u201d Pope added, referring to the officer who&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/renee-good\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fatally shot<\/a>&nbsp;Good earlier this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kelia Harold, a senior at the University of Florida in Gainesville, rallied on campus with around 100 other students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cInstead of sitting on my own and being helpless, it really helps to come out here,\u201d she told the&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/tag\/new-york-times\">New York Times<\/a><\/em>, noting Pretti\u2019s killing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf that could happen to him,\u201d she said, \u201cI don\u2019t see why it couldn\u2019t happen to anyone else.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our work is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). Feel free to republish and share widely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/author\/brett-wilkins\">Brett Wilkins<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brett Wilkins is a staff writer for Common Dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/author\/brett-wilkins\">Full Bio &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People march in Minneapolis as part of the \u201cNational Shutdown\u201d protest against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on January 30, 2026. \u00a0(Photo by Alex Wroblewski\/AFP via Getty Images) \u201cWe want to show solidarity,\u201d said one employee at a worker-owned bakery in Los Angeles. \u201cWe\u2019ve seen historically that strikes work&#8230;. <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/01\/31\/from-maine-to-minnesota-and-beyond-tens-of-thousands-march-to-demand-ice-out\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46454"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46454"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46455,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46454\/revisions\/46455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}