The following appeared in the Minnesota Star Tribune on January 24, 2026. It’s a brief, initial report on the response in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul to the labor-community call for “No work, school, or shopping” on Jan. 23 in Minnesota to demand an end to the Trump administration’s brutal crackdown on immigrant workers.

More eyewitness coverage of the day’s events is forthcoming.

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Thousands March, Scores of Minnesota Businesses Close to Protest ICE Operation

Shops, restaurants, museums, nonprofits closed as part of a statewide demonstration. Despite the frigid weather, a large crowd of protesters gathered in downtown Minneapolis.

By Star Tribune Staff

Hundreds of shops, restaurants and cultural institutions closed their doors Friday and activists urged Minnesotans to stay home as part of a protest against the federal deportation operation now in its eighth week.

The “ICE Out! Statewide Shutdown” was planned by labor and faith leaders. Thousands of demonstrators gathered in downtown Minneapolis for a march to Target Center.

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