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The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis will be closed on Friday, January 23, during the Truth and Freedom Day protests, a statewide action in response to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) presence in Minnesota communities.
Action organizers, led by local unions and community organizations, are asking Minnesotans not to work, spend money or go to school on the day of the protest, calling for a general strike.
The Walker is the largest organization to announce its participation in the strike so far, with more than 300 other small businesses, cultural institutions and nonprofits also set to close that day. “This reflects our institutional values of being community-focused, supporting our employees, and conducting our work in a cautious and safe manner,” a representative for Walker told the Minnesota News Service. bring me newswhich has been reporting on the impending strike. The museum will reopen on Saturday, January 24th.
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Operation Truth and Freedom Day follows ICE’s “Operation Metro Surge,” which sent a large number of agents to Minneapolis-St. Paul in January, ostensibly to arrest illegal immigrants. ICE’s increasingly aggressive tactics in the Twin Cities and throughout Minnesota culminated in the murder of U.S. citizen Renee Good in Minneapolis on January 7 by ICE agent Jonathan Ross.
Since then, protests have sprung up across the country and a series of lawsuits have been filed against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and top federal officials.
