00:00And one of the topics of the day, U.S. social organizations called for a national shutdown to begin this Friday to demonstrate the rejection of the Trump administration's anti-immigrant policies and to denounce the deployment of ICE and Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis and other cities.
00:17Following deadly shootings and raids carried out by ICE, organizers are urging citizens to stop working, attending school and spending money to protest the agency crackdown surging across the country.
00:31In this scenario, they are also calling on Congress to cut funding to the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, when it votes on the current funding package ahead of a possible federal government shutdown.
00:45On Friday, student groups at the University of Minnesota will lead a walkout on campus, joined by unions and immigrant right organizations.
00:54They are also planning additional ICE out of everywhere protests on Saturday at ICE detention centers and offices, as well as at airports to target airlines that transport ICE detainees.
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