Minnesota faculty union calls for ‘economic blackout’ to protest ICE operations

An electronic mail obtained by Fox Information Digital from the Inter College Group (IFO), the union representing college at seven Minnesota State universities, is urging members to take part in an financial “blackout” to protest the federal immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis this month.

“The current escalation of the federal immigration enforcement presence below ‘Operation Metro Surge’ and the tragic homicide of Minneapolis resident Renee Good have created an atmosphere of worry and instability that impacts us all, however you and your colleagues can come collectively to demand an finish to the ICE presence in our state,” the IFO electronic mail stated.

ICE has confronted elevated criticism because the taking pictures Renee Nicole Good final week in Minneapolis.

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Renee Nicole Good moments earlier than she was shot and killed by a federal agent in Minneapolis. (Obtained by Fox Information)

Good was a Minneapolis immigration activist who was a member of “ICE Watch.”

“A broad coalition of Minnesota spiritual leaders, labor unions and neighborhood organizations has known as for a statewide Day of Reality and Freedom on Friday, January 23, 2026,” it added.

The union asks individuals of the “Day of Reality and Freedom” to take a private day and never go to work and to not college.

If rescheduling or canceling college just isn’t an choice, members are requested to arrange a ‘teach-in’ as an alternative. “We encourage college to facilitate discussions on related matters equivalent to civil liberties, the historical past of labor actions, immigration coverage, the U.S. Structure, or neighborhood security,” the e-mail stated.

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The union can also be urging members to not store on January 23 as a part of the financial blackout. (Photograph by Ramin Talaie/Corbis through Getty Photographs)

The union can also be urging members to not store on January 23 as a part of the financial blackout.

“No matter your capability to attend in particular person, we ask all members to watch the financial blackout by not making any purchases on Friday, January 23,” the e-mail stated.

The e-mail tells members that taking part within the blackout will put them on the proper facet of historical past.

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The union asks individuals of the “Day of Reality and Freedom” to take a private day and never go to work and to not college. (Sky Nesher/Getty Photographs)

“You’ve got the facility to indicate that Minnesota college are on the facet of fact, justice and neighborhood security. When our neighbors are below assault, the labor motion takes motion,” the e-mail stated.

Fox Information Digital contacted the IFO and ICE for remark.