US EditionSmall Minneapolis businesses hit hard by ICE crackdown, while corporations stay silent
Small businesses on Lake Street post 'No ICE' signs and alter operations amid frequent raids while large Minnesota corporations remain publicly silent, affecting the $350 billion regional economy.
- MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 16- Numerous mom-and-pop restaurants on Lake Street in south Minneapolis hung 'No ICE' signs amid frequent raids, while thousands protested after ICE agents killed 37-year-old Renee Good last week.
- The Trump administration has defended the operations and added more federal agents, while local businesses remain quiet due to fear of retaliation or boycott threats, observers say.
- At Pineda Tacos, employees guard doors and barricade entrances while owner Luis Reyes Rojas describes contingency plans A, B and C; many restaurants have cut hours or closed, and Jeff told workers not to come if threatened.
- One high-profile raid at a Target store in Richfield led to arrests including a 17-year-old employee, and business groups say the $350 billion regional economy is feeling effects from sales declines and cancellations.
- By contrast with 2020 responses, Seventeen Fortune 500 companies in Minnesota, including Target and UnitedHealth, have remained largely silent, Reuters found no public statements or guidance on immigration enforcement.
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Here's what ICE is really doing in Minneapolis — and it's not enforcing the law
This week, Mayor Jacob Frey basically took a Fox “News” host down, pointing out that Trump’s own federal prosecutors just quit their jobs rather than investigate and prosecute Renee Nicole Good’s wife for “domestic terrorism.”Which raises the question: what is ICE really doing in Minneapolis?Well ov...
Immigrant-run restaurants are determined to survive ICE crackdown
Miguel Lopez’s routine is very different than it was a month ago, before the ongoing federal immigration crackdown created the biggest disruption to Twin Cities restaurants since the Covid-19 pandemic. Always an early riser, he now adds another two hours to his mornings to be able to do the day’s shopping for his St. Paul restaurant Homi. He then delivers supplies to former employees who are no longer willing to risk leaving home, and then helps…
We asked Minnesota’s biggest companies about ICE. None of them responded
The sonic backdrop of the Twin Cities in 2026 is a cacophony. As thousands of ICE agents raid residential neighborhoods, schools, hospitals, and businesses, they’re trailed by the ambient noise of piercing sirens, whirring helicopters, and screeching whistles at all hours of the day, along with the occasional boom of flashbang grenades and the odd cry for help. Conspicuously silent in all the commotion, however, are major corporations that are h…
The murder of Renee Nicole Good reopened the discussion on the use of violence by U.S. law enforcement
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