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Hundreds of businesses in the Twin Cities are closed Friday to protest the presence of federal immigration agents in Minnesota, as thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets of downtown Minneapolis in a show of solidarity.
Representatives of the Department of Public Safety and Minnesota National Guard are set to talk at a press conference ahead of possible protests this weekend. The briefing is set to start at 3:30 p.m., coming ahead of a weekend in which a far-right influencer is planning to hold a "March Against Minnesota Fraud" at Minneapolis City Hall.
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WATCH: Don Lemon Captures Anti-ICE Protesters Confronting Minneapolis Pastor in Chaotic Scene
Don Lemon captured anti-ICE protesters storming a church and confronting a pastor who they believed works as an immigration agent
Ex-CNN host and independent journalist Don Lemon has come under fire from the Trump administration and the MAGA movement after livestreaming a protest that disrupted a church service in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Thousands of demonstrators braved bitter cold to march through the streets of Minneapolis on Friday and demand an end to President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown in their city, part of a wider "ICE OUT!
Protesters demand immigration agents leave Minneapolis after man is shot and killed during crackdown
Democratic officials and protesters on the streets are demanding that federal immigration officers leave Minnesota after a Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapolis