"Minnesota workers pressure employers to take action against ICE operations" 25 Jan. 2026

... Some of the US’s biggest companies are coming under increasing pressure to speak out about the Trump administration’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)’s operations in Minnesota.

Workers throughout Minnesota have been pressuring their employers to act following the death of Renee Good, an unarmed woman killed by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis earlier this month.

... “ICE continues to make everyone less safe, and Minnesota’s Labor Movement repeats and amplifies our call for them to leave our state immediately,” said Bernie Burnham, Minnesota AFL-CIO President, in a statement. “Minnesota’s Labor Movement will continue to actively support and stand in solidarity with every worker who has been unlawfully detained. We stand shoulder to shoulder with our fellow Minnesotans in the face of a hostile federal government.”

... Organizers of the Day of Truth & Freedom have been targeting large corporations in demanding they take stands against ICE, including ceasing economic activity with the agency, and banning the agency from entering work sites.

Target, Home Depot, Enterprise, Delta Airlines and Hilton were targeted with actions leading up to the 23 January economic blackout.

... Target’s executives reportedly met with clergy in Minneapolis last week who protested in the company’s lobby. The Wall Street Journal reported the company began distributing internally updated guidelines for how staff should respond to “unannounced immigration-related contacts”.

... Hilton has faced scrutiny after a Hampton Inn in its network of hotels cancelled the reservation of ICE agents and Hilton removed it from its network earlier this month. But this past week, Hilton backed a decision to close a DoubleTree hotel and an Intercontinental hotel where ICE agents were staying in the Twin Cities region following reported bomb threats.

“A safety and security issue is a different issue—it’s closed to all,” said Hilton’s CEO, Chris Nassetta.

... “We want ICE out of Minnesota. In construction, they are causing harm and chaos. People can’t work,” said a construction worker in Minnesota, a member of Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en La Lucha (CTUL), who requested to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation to their immigration status.