US EditionThousands march in cities across US in 'national shutdown' against immigration crackdown
Protesters called for a national shutdown to oppose a federal immigration crackdown after two fatal shootings by agents, with 3,000 federal officers deployed in Minneapolis, organizers said.
- On Friday, National Shutdown organisers listed 250 sites across 46 states and urged a mass halt to work and shopping in protests from New York to Washington, DC.
- The federal government launched Operation Metro Surge in early December, sending about 3,000 federal agents to Minneapolis and fueling outrage after the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
- Communities staged vigils and formed 'SOS' on a frozen Minneapolis lake, while some businesses pledged donations, and schools in Tucson and Aurora closed or canceled classes.
- Thursday, Senate Democrats and President Donald Trump announced a deal to fund most of the government while excluding DHS, amid calls for federal agents to withdraw from Minneapolis.
- Newsrooms say the ICE presence has stretched reporting capacity and forced new verification protocols, while journalists warn misinformation complicates coverage and neighborhoods face shortages, Sahan Journal and Star Tribune report.
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Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Minneapolis and throughout the country against Donald Trump's migration policy. Schools remained partly closed.
Events and protests against the deportation policy of Donald Trump and his anti-immigrant police took place in Minneapolis and many other American cities. For the second...
San Diegans take part in nationwide shutdown over immigration enforcement
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Thousands of protesters emerged on the street in Minneapolis, in the national demonstrations against the actions of the Immigration and Vama Service (ICE), after the death of two American citizens by federal agencies, reported BBC.
January 30, 2026 – New York – EFE. A large number of citizens in New York gathered recently to express their rejection of the immigration measures implemented by Donald Trump’s administration in Minneapolis. Despite extremely low temperatures, attendees protested the death of two people at the hands of federal officials, a situation that has caused constant tensions with local inhabitants. The mobilization was part of a nationwide call that urge…
The protests extended far beyond Minnesota, with organizers preventing 250 demonstrations in 46 states and large cities such as New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington
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