National Shutdown: General strike on January 30 aims to push ICE out of Minnesota. Stores closed, protests scheduled in all 50 states

Organizers are urging Americans nationwide to skip work, school, and shopping today after two fatal shootings by ICE agents.

Following last week’s anti-ICE economic blackout in Minnesota and national Free America Walkout, organizers are once again urging Americans to stop working, attending school, and spending money to protest the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement crackdown surging across the country. The fatal shootings of Minneapolis residents Renee Good and Alexi Pretti by federal officers only increased the public outcry against the Trump administration’s hardline immigration and border policies and aggressive tactics used by swarms of masked agents. Here’s what to know.