Local Minnesota businesses shut down as part of ICE protests
“ICE Out of Minnesota” protest organizers say local businesses in Minnesota have closed as part of a strike against ICE’s actions in the state.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz announced on Saturday, January 24, that another person has been shot and killed by federal law enforcement in Minneapolis.
“I just spoke with the White House this morning after another horrific shooting by federal agents,” Walz wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “That’s what happened to Minnesota. This is disgusting. The President must end this operation. Get thousands of violent, untrained police officers out of Minnesota. Now.”
Officials in Minneapolis reported a shooting incident involving federal law enforcement in the area of West 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue.
The city posted on social media that it was “working to confirm further details” and urged the public to “remain calm” and avoid the area while authorities investigated the shooting.
Homeland Security officials told USA TODAY that the person who was shot was in possession of a firearm.
It was not immediately clear who was shot, their condition or which law enforcement agencies were involved.
Neither the White House nor the Justice Department responded to emailed requests for comment. The FBI referred questions to the Department of Justice and DHS.
On January 7, a U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement officer shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in a residential area south of downtown Minneapolis.
Good’s killing sparked a wave of demonstrations against the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown and a legal battle between Minnesota state and local officials and the federal government.
About 3,000 immigration agents descended on the Minneapolis area as part of the “largest immigration enforcement operation in history,” according to the Department of Homeland Security. Officials said more than 3,000 illegal immigrants were detained as part of the operation.
This is a developing story.
Natalie Neisa Alland is a senior reporter at USA TODAY. Contact her at nalund@usatoday.com and follow her at X @nataliealund.
