Several Upstate New York businesses plan to close this Friday as part of a nationwide strike protesting recent immigration enforcement actions by federal agents.
The strike’s tagline, featured on its official website, reads: “No work. No school. No shopping. Stop funding ICE.”
Organizers are asking participants to stay home from work or school and avoid making purchases on Jan. 30. The protest is a response to what organizers describe as the brutal killings of several individuals by ICE and other U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents over the past month, including Alex Pretti and Renee Good (in Minneapolis, MN); Silverio Villegas González (Franklin Park, IL), and Keith Porter Jr. (Los Angeles, CA)…