On Monday, anti-ICE demonstrators took their protest to a Target store in Minnesota, conducting a sit-in to urge the retail giant to oppose federal immigration authorities. The group claimed that Target was permitting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to use its parking facilities.
During the protest at Target’s St. Paul location, one participant, holding an “Abolish ICE” sign, voiced concerns about ICE agents utilizing the retailer’s premises. “Target parking lots have become a meeting ground for ICE agents,” the protester declared. “They are even using the store’s facilities, effectively aiding this incursion.”
The demonstrators accused Target of serving as a “staging ground” for ICE, asserting that the company is not making any efforts to challenge what they describe as “ethnic cleansing” occurring in the country. They called on the retailer to take a firm stand against the presence and activities of ICE.
Anti-ICE protesters staged a sit-in at a Minnesota Target store demanding the retailer take a stand against federal immigration authorities. (FNTV)
Target is serving as a “staging ground” for ICE, he said.
“They’re not at all participating in challenging this ethnic cleansing we’re seeing in this country,” he said.
Another protester said she was calling on Target to stand with the community to “protect our tiny children from losing their parents.”
“We don’t just want your tiny baby clothes. We want your protection for our families,” she said.
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The protesters were seen sitting in the middle of the store chanting and speaking out against ICE. One woman called for better treatment of immigrants and their right to decent housing and opportunities.
A Target store is shown on March 13, 2022. (iStock)
“You must stop treating immigrants wrong,” one woman said.
The group called for the abolition of ICE and for Target to take a position as the Trump administration continues to arrest criminal illegal immigrants in and around Minneapolis.
“We’ll be back, we’ll be back,” they chanted.
Many of the people arrested were living in the United States illegally and have committed crimes, administration officials have said. A viral video circulating online appeared to show agitators interfering with an ICE operation targeting an alleged child sex offender in Minnesota.
The video shows an ICE agent confronting people in St. Paul who he said were honking their car horns and disrupting federal officers as they attempted to take a suspect into custody.
“We’re here to arrest a child sex offender and you guys are out here honking,” the agent says in the video.
“No, we’re press,” someone off-camera responds. “We’re not honking.”
The agent then points to a nearby vehicle.
“That vehicle right there is honking and impeding our investigations while we’re trying to arrest a child sex offender. That’s who you guys are protecting. Insane.”
