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After federal agents killed two Americans in Minneapolis, a protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement is slated to take place in uptown Charlotte today.
At least 10 groups — including the Charlotte Clergy Coalition for Justice, Poor People’s Campaign, Indivisible Charlotte and the Party for Socialism and Liberation — publicly are backing the protest.
It is scheduled to take place outside the Charles R. Jonas Federal Building at 2 p.m.
The larger ask from the groups: Stay home, don’t shop and don’t work for the day as part of a general strike. In Minnesota, hundreds of businesses previously shut down to protest ICE’s presence. Other organizers in cities around the country are asking for a general strike today as well.
“Now is the decisive moment,” a social media post from some of the Charlotte groups read this week. “The Minnesota General Strike has given us a historic opening. If we all take a stand now, we can stop the killings and the kidnappings, and end Trump’s war on our most basic rights!”
With the risk of a government shutdown looming, Senate Democrats have been negotiating for some changes to how ICE operates with President Donald Trump.
Charlotte’s congresswoman, Democrat Alma Adams, recently told The Charlotte Observer that what’s happened in Minneapolis recently is “absolutely deplorable.” Adams is one of the lawmakers who has sought to impeach Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
Ryan Oehrli covers criminal justice in the Charlotte region for The Charlotte Observer. His work is produced with financial support from the nonprofit The Just Trust. The Observer maintains full editorial control of its journalism.
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