DETROIT (WLNS) — A coalition of labor and immigrant-rights advocates protested in downtown Detroit on Friday, despite subzero wind chills and heavy snow in the forecast.
The People’s Assembly of Detroit and 22 partner organizations called on workers and students across Michigan to stay home from work and school and avoid shopping for the day, describing the action as an economic boycott aimed at federal immigration enforcement.
Organizers say the event, dubbed “Justice Demands We Defund ICE,” is a direct response to what they describe as escalating violence by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. They point to reports of armed, masked ICE agents seizing people from homes, schools and workplaces across the country in recent months, alleging due process violations and human rights abuses…