The Trump administration fucked around long enough. Today they found out. In sub-zero temperatures — some reports indicate negative 30 degrees fahrenheit — an estimated 50,000 protesters flooded Minneapolis to demand that ICE immediately leave their city. The crowd is a stark expression of widespread anger at Trump’s war on immigrants.
We’re in Minneapolis where over 10,000 people are out in the streets in sub-zero temperatures to oppose ICE terror. This is an obvious display that people are sick of Trump’s war on immigrants.We can build on this momentum, strengthening a nationwide movement to #AbolishICE!
— Left Voice (@leftvoice.bsky.social) 2026-01-23T23:00:29.563Z
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing pic.twitter.com/16HqYaPiO5
— Max Nesterak (@maxnesterak) January 23, 2026
The day also marked an important advance of the labor movement’s role in the fight for immigrant rights. Pushed from below by rank-and-file workers, unions representing teachers, bus drivers, hospitality workers, nurses, and other important sectors voiced strong support for the protests, with some union leaders saying they would support their members who do not work. The day was a merging of the labor movement and an anti-racist social movement at a level unseen in the United States in recent decades, and it was only a fraction of the power unions have to shut everything down.
Anti-ICE protesters march through the streets of NYC, part of the strike in solidarity with Minneapolis
“ICE OUT FOR GOOD!” pic.twitter.com/iyjZfUeaXh
— NJEG Media (@NJEGmedia) January 24, 2026
Minneapolis, Los Angeles stands with you! ICE OUT OF EVERYWHERE
𝕯𝖎𝖔𝖗 
(@spyroyalty.bsky.social)Minneapolis was not alone. Solidarity demonstrations were held in cities across the country. The march in New York City filled at least nine blocks. Again, labor played an important role with the United Federation of Teachers and PSC-CUNY members forming large contingents in the march. In Los Angeles — a city which recently forced Trump to withdraw the National Guard — SEIU 721 and other unions called an action in solidarity, bringing out public sector workers who play a key role running the city.
RIGHT NOW: Large crowd of protestors marching in Philadelphia in solidarity with Minnesota’s anti-ICE general strike. pic.twitter.com/ubyPPe9Tz2
— BreakThrough News (@BTnewsroom) January 24, 2026
We gathered again today at ICE in San Francisco to proclaim dignity for all and to stand with all of those who put their bodies on the line today on MN! pic.twitter.com/ExeuC5a2Xc
— Bruce Reyes-Chow (@breyeschow) January 23, 2026
Hundreds of Atlanta students at Duluth High walk out in solidarity with Minnesota against ICE terror today! pic.twitter.com/5szxDtIaiq
— Party for Socialism and Liberation (@pslnational) January 23, 2026
NEW: Portland, Maine just joined Minneapolis with a MASSIVE anti-ICE protest tonight.
GOOD.
They thought Minnesota would break in silence. Instead it sparked a chain reaction.
One city stands up, the whole country starts to move. pic.twitter.com/9suWv7cLz1
— Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) January 24, 2026
Other solidarity actions were held in Boston, Detroit, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Newark, Kansas City, West Palm Beach, San Francisco, and more. Over the next few days and weeks it will become clearer what this means for the fight against the Far Right in the United States. What is clear is that the resistance to ICE in Minneapolis, with labor playing a clear role, has changed the discussion. People are beginning to understand our own power as workers — strengthened by popular support for immigrants — to shut everything down with clear demands to Abolish ICE! Close all the detention centers! Jail Jonathan Ross and all the killer cops! And end ICE terror!
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