The violent federal immigration enforcement surge that has cost the lives of multiple Minnesotans has been tearing apart families, destabilizing communities, and is violating our freedom across the country. We can’t move forward as if this is normal. It is not.
This is the moment to ask corporations like Target that have been collaborating with ICE to speak out.
Why Target?
Target donated $1,000,000 to Trump’s inauguration, rolled back DEI initiatives, and witnesses have reported Target regularly allows ICE to stage operations in its parking lots. On Thursday, January 8th, Customs and Border Patrol assaulted and kidnapped two US citizens while they were working a shift at the Richfield, MN Target store.
Target is Minnesota’s leading corporate citizen. It is the 4th largest employer in the state. Minnesota’s sports teams play in stadiums and jerseys with Target’s logo on them. Where Target leads, others follow. We need Target to stand with Minnesotans against the public executions in our community and the continued attacks on our neighbors.
Our Demands
- Publicly call for an immediate end to the ICE “surge” into MN and for ICE & Border Patrol to leave the state.
- Affirm Target as a 4th Amendment Workplace. (Exercise their 4th Amendment rights and publicly post signage denying entrance to immigration agents who do not have signed judicial warrants as required by law, as well train staff on how to respond when immigration agents arrive at stores.)
- Publicly call to shut down Trump’s ICE. Lobby congress for no additional federal funding for ICE in the upcoming Congressional budget and ICE should be investigated for human and Constitutional violations of Americans and our neighbors.
- Demand any federal officer who kills or harms a civilian be held legally accountable. That starts with legitimate investigations and charges by local officials.
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