Clergy arrested, businesses shutter as Minnesotans protest Trump's surge in immigration agents
Source: Reuters
Local police arrested dozens of clergy members who sang hymns and prayed as they knelt on a road at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport as part of a day of protests and walkouts on Friday against U.S. President Donald Trump's deployment of thousands of immigration enforcement officers in the Twin Cities.
The protest was part of an "ICE OUT!" day of action, with organizers and participants saying scores of businesses across Minnesota closed for the day and workers headed to street protests and marches in what they described as a general strike.
The protest came after senior Trump administration officials called for cooperation with local Democratic leaders to calm tension after weeks of sometimes violent confrontations between U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and protesters opposed to Trump's crackdown on immigrants.
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They ignored commands to clear the road by officers from local police departments, who arrested and zip-tied dozens of the protesters, who did not resist, before putting them onto buses. Reuters observed dozens of arrests, and organizers said about 100 clergy members were arrested.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/minnesotans-promise-an-economic-strike-protest-trumps-surge-immigration-agents-2026-01-23/
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