US EditionMontreal demonstrators protest Trump immigration crackdown at U.S. Consulate
Protesters denounce Canadian firms' $2.8 million in contracts aiding U.S. immigration enforcement following recent fatal shootings by federal agents, organizers said.
- On Sunday, demonstrators gathered outside the U.S. Consulate on Saint-Catherine Street in Montreal to protest an ICE immigration crackdown, organizers said the rally capped a weekend of demonstrations across the continent.
- Anger over recent killings drove protests after the Jan. 24 killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis and the Jan. 7 death of Renée Good, both involving federal agents.
- Organizers called out Canadian companies with ICE ties, naming Hootsuite, Roshel and GardaWorld; Michael Lipset warned, `We will not tolerate Quebec's complicity and Canada's complicity in that violence by way of corporate contracts with ICE.`
- After assembling outside the U.S. Consulate, demonstrators chanted and carried signs with anti-ICE messages during a march to Dorchester Park.
- Activists demanded that Canada halt military exports if shipments like Roshel-made armoured vehicles could facilitate human rights violations, highlighting contracts worth up to $2.8 million, a U.S. procurement site shows.
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Montrealers call for end to U.S. immigration crackdown at anti-ICE protest
Demonstrators gathered in Montreal on Sunday to protest the immigration crackdown by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, calling out the law enforcement agency's tactics as well as Canadian "complicity" in them.
Protesters also denounce the links between the ICE, the U.S. Federal Immigration Police, and the Montreal company GardaWorld.
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Montrealers protest Trump immigration crackdown, call out Canadian ‘complicity’
MONTREAL — Demonstrators gathered in Montreal on Sunday to protest the immigration crackdown by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, calling out ICE tactics as well as Canadian “complicity” in them. Under crisp blue skies, scores of protesters assembled outside the U.S. Consulate downtown amid widespread outrage over the killing of two American citizens by federal
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Montreal demonstrators protest Trump immigration crackdown at U.S. Consulate
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