Emily Patton was standing outside the Target at Coral Ridge Mall a little before 2 p.m. on Sunday, holding an American flag and a sign with a simple, direct message: “ICE OUT!” Patton had driven in from Wilton to participate in a protest aimed at the Target Corporation and its relationship with ICE.
“Early on, they dropped all their DEI efforts as soon as Trump asked them to,” Patton said, explaining why she was on the sidewalk outside Target. “But also more recently, they have allowed ICE to go into their stores and detain people working there or shopping there, and they’ve also allowed ICE to stage out of their parking lots.”
Patton soon moved inside, joining more than 150 people gathered in the food court, preparing to take part in Sing Down the Doors at Target, a protest organized by Iowa Mennonite Action (IMA).
“Jesus confronted the rich and powerful and so will we,” Luke Hertzler of Washington Mennonite Church said in a statement about the protest. “ICE’s violence is propped up by corporations who support ICE and refuse to protect their people. Entities like Target must be held accountable, so we use our wallets and our voices to make our demands heard.”…