Minnesota SHUTDOWN Friday — Radicals Target City….

Minnesota faces an unprecedented leftist coalition shutdown this Friday as labor unions, activist groups, and clergy demand the removal of federal immigration enforcement from the state—a radical attack on lawful immigration enforcement that would leave communities vulnerable to criminal illegal aliens.

Federal Immigration Enforcement Triggers Mass Mobilization

A broad coalition of labor unions, faith organizations, and community activist groups organized a statewide economic shutdown in Minnesota for Friday, January 23, demanding complete removal of Immigration and Customs Enforcement from the state. The action, termed the “Day of Truth and Freedom,” calls for residents to abstain from work, school, and shopping as collective protest. This represents potentially the first general strike in Minnesota in nearly 100 years, demonstrating how far-left activists will exploit federal law enforcement operations to undermine border security and immigration enforcement that protects American communities from criminal illegal aliens.

Businesses around the state have announced their plans to be closed on Friday for a statewide strike in Minnesota with some saying they’ll open to provide free food and restrooms for others participating in the strike.

Organizers are calling for ICE to leave and accountability… pic.twitter.com/qqaqZ5jEBt

— daviss 📸 (@daviss) January 22, 2026

Shooting Incident Weaponized Against ICE Operations

The immediate catalyst for the shutdown was the January 7 shooting death of Renee Nicole Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross during an enforcement operation in Minneapolis. While any loss of life warrants thorough investigation, activist organizations immediately weaponized this incident to galvanize opposition against broader federal immigration enforcement operations. On January 10, the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee organized a march drawing at least 10,000 participants demanding ICE leave the state entirely. This exploitation of tragedy to advance a predetermined political agenda undermines legitimate law enforcement while ignoring the criminal activity that necessitates federal immigration enforcement in the first place.

Throughout the week of January 20-22, the coalition conducted daily corporate-targeted demonstrations at Target, Home Depot, Enterprise, Hilton, and Delta Airlines, demanding these companies become “4th Amendment businesses” and refuse to allow federal immigration authorities to use their properties. This coordinated pressure campaign seeks to intimidate private businesses into obstructing federal law enforcement, creating sanctuary spaces that shield illegal aliens from lawful deportation. Union leaders from SEIU Local 26, Minneapolis Federation of Educators, and Communications Workers of America Local 7250 pledged organizational support, with SEIU revealing ICE has detained over 20 union members during enforcement operations.

Radical Coalition Undermines Constitutional Authority

Labor organizations serve as the primary mobilizing force, with union leaders providing organizational capacity while framing lawful immigration enforcement as human rights violations. Faith communities provide moral cover, with clergy claiming they are “bearing witness to daily constitutional and human rights violations resulting from Department of Homeland Security operations.” This characterization fundamentally misrepresents federal immigration enforcement as unconstitutional when ICE operates under legal authority granted by Congress. The coalition explicitly compares ICE operations to “the darkest times of human history, 1940s Germany,” a grotesque comparison that trivializes actual genocide while demonizing officers enforcing immigration law.

Twin Cities community members took to the streets of downtown Minneapolis on Tuesday as part of a global day of action against the Trump administration’s federal crackdowns on US cities and its wars abroad.

Minnesotans are preparing for a massive statewide shutdown on Friday,… pic.twitter.com/h3hbEZ2cEI

— BreakThrough News (@BTnewsroom) January 21, 2026

As of January 22, thousands of businesses declared they will shut down Friday, while tens of thousands of workers and students pledged participation in the economic blackout. Hundreds of places of worship plan to participate, with University of Minnesota workers and graduate students urging campus closure. Minneapolis Federation of Educators Vice President Marcia Howard declared, “Labor is going to show the entire state and the entire nation how we move in Minnesota…these are our streets, and we’re taking them back one block at a time.” This rhetoric reveals the true agenda: territorial control that excludes federal law enforcement from enforcing immigration law in Minnesota communities.

Economic Blackout Threatens Minnesota Workers and Businesses

The planned shutdown will create widespread business closures, lost wages for participating workers, and reduced consumer spending, harming the very communities organizers claim to protect. While activists frame this as demonstrating collective economic power, hardworking Minnesotans who depend on Friday income will suffer economic consequences. Businesses participating in the closure sacrifice revenue while potentially alienating customers who support lawful immigration enforcement. The coalition targets specific corporations perceived as complicit in ICE operations, demanding corporate accountability standards that would effectively create sanctuary corporations shielding illegal aliens from deportation. This represents dangerous precedent where activist pressure supplants legal obligations to cooperate with federal authorities.

JaNaé Bates Imari of Camphor Memorial United Methodist Church stated, “We are not going to shop. We are not going to work. We are not going to school on Friday, January 23. For some people, they call that a strike. For many of us, this is our right to refusal until something changes.” What must change, according to this coalition, is complete removal of federal immigration enforcement from Minnesota. This demand fundamentally rejects federal authority to enforce immigration law, creating de facto sanctuary status statewide. The Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations target criminal illegal aliens who threaten public safety, yet this coalition seeks to obstruct that enforcement entirely, leaving Minnesota communities vulnerable to criminal activity by those who entered the country illegally.

HAPPENING NOW! New Yorkers are pledging to SHUT IT DOWN this Friday in solidarity with the statewide shut down in Minnesota.

NYC JOIN US: Friday 1/23, 4PM in Union Square pic.twitter.com/MrYYCpp4Vf

— The People's Forum (@PeoplesForumNYC) January 20, 2026