Protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement are spilling out of Minneapolis on Friday, with a nationwide shutdown planned as organizers ask people to stay home ahead of votes to fund the agency.
Large demonstrations were expected in Minneapolis and other major cities, including Los Angeles, New York and Chicago. More than 250 actions were planned across 46 states for those participating in a “blackout day” of no work, no school and no shopping in an effort to “shut down the economy.”
On Capitol Hill, more than 60 faith leaders were arrested inside the Hart Senate Office Building to protest Trump’s immigration policies. They carried banners reading “Do Justice, Love kindness, Abolish ICE.” Meanwhile, a coalition of groups have called for a national shutdown today, a week after a general strike was held in Minnesota. Organizers are calling for “No work. No school. No shopping. Stop funding ICE.”
Across the river in Minneapolis, Temple Israel synagogue was filled Friday morning with clergy, elected leaders and others for an interfaith service to launch the day of striking, marching and activism. Marcia Zimmerman, senior rabbi, declared that “history is on our side,” before lighting a candle in the synagogue’s sanctuary of remembrance for Good and people who have died in federal detention.
Washington’s Episcopal bishop, Mariann Budde, a former Minneapolis priest and prominent critic of President Donald Trump who traveled to Minnesota for Friday’s march, praised locals’ resistance.
“What I and others can do is connect the dots, between the scale and deliberate cruelty here with what has been taking place across the country,” she said, referring to the actions of the federal government. “Minneapolis has shown the country what it looks like to stand up.”
For Nguyen, the decision to open the restaurant was not political.
„It just feels right,“ Nguyen said. „It‘s not about politics for us, it‘s just feels right. This is what we are supposed to do. This is like our calling, I feel like, (to) help the community.“
Nguyen said offering food and warmth felt more meaningful than staying home with the restaurant closed.
Hundreds of businesses in the Twin Cities are closed Friday to protest the presence of federal immigration agents in Minnesota, as thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets of downtown Minneapolis in a show of solidarity.
Hundreds of businesses in the Twin Cities were closed Friday to protest the presence of federal immigration agents in Minnesota, as thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets of downtown Minneapolis in a show of solidarity over the Operation Metro Surge crackdown.
Community members asked for no work, no school and no shopping, calling it a „Day of Truth and Freedom.“
Some small business owners have called on elected leaders to act to limit U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in the state.
Attorney General Pam Bondi said the protesters had been charged under the 1871 Ku Klux Klan Act, which makes illegal any conspiracy to “injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate,” people from exercising “any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States.”
In her post, Noem shared a photo of Levy Armstrong being led away by an agent, whose face is pixelated to hide his identity. In the photo, Levy Armstrong appears stone-faced and unfazed by the arrest.
Hours later, the official White House account shared the exact same image—accompanied by text describing her as a “far-left agitator”—but with one notable difference. Levy Armstrong’s face was digitally altered to make it appear as if she was sobbing profusely while being led out by the agent. Nowhere did the account make clear that the image had been doctored.
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy military forces in Minnesota after days of angry protests over a surge in immigration agents on the streets of Minneapolis.
Trump has repeatedly threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act, a rarely used federal law, to deploy the U.S. military or federalize the National Guard for domestic law enforcement, over the objections of state governors.
WASHINGTON — Today, peaceful protests and vigils kicked off the ICE Out For Good Weekend of Action to honor the lives lost at the hands of ICE, demand accountability, and make visible the human cost of this administration’s actions. The nonviolent, lawful, and community-led actions will continue tomorrow, Sunday, January 11, culminating in over 1,000 events throughout the weekend. You can find the list of events here.
ICE Out For Good is a broad, national coalition, including Indivisible, MoveOn Civic Action, the American Civil Liberties Union, Voto Latino, United We Dream, 50501, the Disappeared in America Campaign of the Not Above the Law coalition, and partner organizations across the country. All actions under the ICE Out For Good banner are grounded in moral witness, public accountability, and collective care. We remain committed to nonviolent organizing.
See coverage below from across the country on the first day of the ICE Out For Good Weekend of Action:
Three congresswomen from Minnesota attempted to tour the ICE facility in the Minneapolis federal building on Saturday morning and were initially allowed to enter but then told they had to leave about 10 minutes later.
U.S, Reps. Ilhan Omar, Kelly Morrison and Angie Craig accused ICE agents of obstructing members of Congress from fulfilling their duty to oversee operations there.
„They do not care that they are violating federal law,“ Craig said after being turned away.
Protesters took to the streets of Minneapolis, Portland and other cities on Saturday, with more than 1,000 anti-ICE demonstrations planned across the United States over the weekend after the killing of Minneapolis woman Renee Nicole Good by an immigration agent.
Tens of thousands marched Saturday in Minneapolis, where protests and vigil gatherings have been ongoing for days since Good‘s death.
Leah Greenberg, a co-executive director of Indivisible, said people are coming together to „grieve, honor those we‘ve lost, and demand accountability from a system that has operated with impunity for far too long.“
„Renee Nicole Good was a wife, a mother of three, and a member of her community. She, and the dozens of other sons, daughters, friends, siblings, parents, and community members who have been killed by ICE, should be alive today,“ Greenberg said in a statement on Friday. „ICE‘s violence is not a statistic, it has names, families, and futures attached to it, and we refuse to look away or stay silent.“
Anti-ICE protests: More than 1,000 demonstrations against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown are planned across the country this weekend as outrage spreads over the fatal shooting of a Minnesota woman by an ICE agent on Wednesday.
Protests against immigration enforcement are planned for cities and towns across the country on Saturday after one federal officer fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis and another shot and wounded two people in Portland, Oregon.
The demonstrations come as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security pushes forward in the Twin Cities with what it calls its biggest-ever immigration enforcement operation. President Trump‘s administration has said both shootings were acts of self-defense against drivers who „weaponized“ their vehicles to attack officers.
ICE OUT FOR GOOD — Weekend of Action (Livestream)
Hosted by Sandoval County Indivisible • Rio Rancho, NM
🗓️ Saturday, January 10, 2026 • ⏰ 10:00 AM (Mountain Time)
This week, an American citizen was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This killing is part of a broader pattern of violence, impunity, and abuse by federal immigration enforcement that harms members of our communities.
A broad coalition of groups across the country is calling for a coordinated ICE Out For Good Weekend of Action on Saturday, January 10 and Sunday, January 11 to demand accountability, honor the life lost, and make visible the human cost of ICE’s actions. Join us live as we gather in solidarity and share ways to take meaningful, lawful action.
On Wednesday, January 7th, Renee Good, an American citizen, was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This killing is part of a broader pattern of unchecked violence, impunity, and abuse carried out by federal immigration enforcement agencies against members of our communities.
A broad coalition of groups across the country is calling for a coordinated ICE Out For Good Weekend of Action on Saturday, January 10th and Sunday, January 11th to demand accountability, honor the life lost, and make visible the human cost of ICE’s actions.
Timing: Noon-2:00 pm local time preferred; however, plan what works for your local community. All events should be concluded, and attendees dispersed before dusk.
(January 9, 2026)
Washington, D.C. — A broad national coalition, including Indivisible, MoveOn Civic Action, the American Civil Liberties Union, Voto Latino, United We Dream, 50501, the Disappeared in America Campaign of the Not Above the Law coalition, and partner organizations across the country, is calling for a coordinated ICE Out For Good Weekend of Action on Saturday, January 10, and Sunday, January 11. In less than 24 hours after the announcement, there are already 1,000 events anticipated nationwide. You can find the growing list of events here.
Protest organizers said more than 1,000 weekend events were planned across the country demanding an end to large-scale deployments of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents ordered by President Donald Trump, mostly to cities led by Democratic politicians.