Anti-ICE protests touch every corner of the US

In the US, protesters across the country are calling for ‘no work, no school, no shopping’ as part of a nationwide strike, to oppose the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. The demonstrations are taking place amid widespread outrage over the killing of Alex Pretti, an intensive care nurse who was shot multiple times in Minneapolis. Some schools in Arizona, Colorado and other states preemptively cancelled classes in anticipation of mass absences. Many other demonstrations have been planned for students and others to gather at city centres, statehouses and churches across the country. Meanwhile, protests continue in Michigan, Los Angeles, and Minneapolis. Protesters stood in solidarity with Minnesota while calling for an end to the large-scale ICE operations that have dominated Trump's second term.

In the US, thousands of people are staging massive protests against Trump's immigration policies and the actions of ICE.

The largest demonstrations took place in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where people braved the freezing temperatures to demand that ICE operations be halted and… pic.twitter.com/Bbl2644aQf

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Even as the Trump administration works to contain backlash over the shootings in Minnesota, it has created a fresh wave of outrage from free speech and press freedom advocates over the Friday arrests of two journalists. They were arrested Friday in connection with their coverage of a protest at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota, earlier this month. The arrest of journalists on charges related to doing their job has drawn widespread outrage and condemnation from free press and free speech advocacy groups, as well as several politicians. New York Governor Kathy Hochul, who has been a sharp critic of DHS immigration operations, said she is proposing legislation which would prohibit cooperation agreements between local police departments and ICE.