More than 1,000 rally in #PortlandME against #Trump, #ICE

The protest in Monument Square was just one of many demonstrations across the U.S. on Friday.

by Drew Johnson, January 30, 2026

PORTLAND — "Friday’s protest appeared to be one of the city’s largest in months, dwarfing recent protests that occurred during much warmer weather on hot, sunny summer weekends.

"But it was a frigid January afternoon, and more than 1,000 people turned out anyway. They huddled together, chanting, cheering and holding their signs over the clouds rising from their breaths.

"Real estate was scarce in Monument Square as the demonstrators condemned Trump administration policies, most notably the recent surge of federal immigration enforcement operations in Minnesota and Maine.

"The crowd stretched from One Monument Square to the bus stop across Center Street and lined the opposite side of Congress Street. When they marched, they extended from the square well down Exchange Street. They eventually made it all the way to Commercial Street, with police blocking off roads and forming an escort.

"The protest in Portland was just one of many demonstrations across the U.S. on Friday, which included a general strike where businesses shut down and students walked out of class, from #California, #Arizona and #Colorado, to #Michigan, #Minnesota and Maine.

"More than 200 Maine businesses participated in some capacity, either by closing their doors or donating a portion of profits to groups and organizations helping immigrants. Some businesses lined the square with tables, handing out hot chocolate, coffee and treats to demonstrators. Many area high schoolers — including in Portland and #LewistonME — walked out of or skipped school altogether."

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https://www.pressherald.com/2026/01/30/more-than-1000-rally-in-portland-against-trump-ice/

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More than 1,000 rally in #PortlandME against #Trump, #ICE

The protest in Monument Square was just one of many demonstrations across the U.S. on Friday.

by Drew Johnson, January 30, 2026

PORTLAND — "Friday’s protest appeared to be one of the city’s largest in months, dwarfing recent protests that occurred during much warmer weather on hot, sunny summer weekends.

"But it was a frigid January afternoon, and more than 1,000 people turned out anyway. They huddled together, chanting, cheering and holding their signs over the clouds rising from their breaths.

"Real estate was scarce in Monument Square as the demonstrators condemned Trump administration policies, most notably the recent surge of federal immigration enforcement operations in Minnesota and Maine.

"The crowd stretched from One Monument Square to the bus stop across Center Street and lined the opposite side of Congress Street. When they marched, they extended from the square well down Exchange Street. They eventually made it all the way to Commercial Street, with police blocking off roads and forming an escort.

"The protest in Portland was just one of many demonstrations across the U.S. on Friday, which included a general strike where businesses shut down and students walked out of class, from #California, #Arizona and #Colorado, to #Michigan, #Minnesota and Maine.

"More than 200 Maine businesses participated in some capacity, either by closing their doors or donating a portion of profits to groups and organizations helping immigrants. Some businesses lined the square with tables, handing out hot chocolate, coffee and treats to demonstrators. Many area high schoolers — including in Portland and #LewistonME — walked out of or skipped school altogether."

Read more:
https://www.pressherald.com/2026/01/30/more-than-1000-rally-in-portland-against-trump-ice/

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https://archive.md/E7tnG

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My workplace directed us to not cooperate and call security.

What to do if #ICE shows up at your workplace

By Jeanne Sahadi, January 27, 2026

Excerpt: "Every workplace should designate an onsite manager to be an immigration point person, Stevenson said.

"This person should ask to see any warrants from the ICE agents and email a copy to the employer’s immigration attorney. That attorney should quickly review the scope of access that the warrant allows.

"If ICE first approaches an employee who’s not the immigration point person, that employee should say they don’t have authority to grant them access and let them know they will get someone, Stevenson said. In all cases, she added: 'Be respectful. Don’t argue with the agents.'

"If there is a locked glass door between you and the agents before they’ve gained entry, you might ask them to hold up their warrant and take a picture, Stevenson recommended."

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https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/business/ice-workplace-what-to-do

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My workplace directed us to not cooperate and call security.

What to do if #ICE shows up at your workplace

By Jeanne Sahadi, January 27, 2026

Excerpt: "Every workplace should designate an onsite manager to be an immigration point person, Stevenson said.

"This person should ask to see any warrants from the ICE agents and email a copy to the employer’s immigration attorney. That attorney should quickly review the scope of access that the warrant allows.

"If ICE first approaches an employee who’s not the immigration point person, that employee should say they don’t have authority to grant them access and let them know they will get someone, Stevenson said. In all cases, she added: 'Be respectful. Don’t argue with the agents.'

"If there is a locked glass door between you and the agents before they’ve gained entry, you might ask them to hold up their warrant and take a picture, Stevenson recommended."

Read more:
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/business/ice-workplace-what-to-do

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"I met a couple in their 70s who told me they had never considered joining a political protest until ICE came to town, and they realized that their granddaughter was at risk of witnessing a violent immigration raid just by going to school. Dan and Jane (like many others, they asked that I shield their full names) live in a large house in a comfortable suburb, where they welcomed me with tea and cookies.

" 'When a child witnesses violence or crime, it’s profoundly different from adults,' Dan said. 'It leaves scars.'

"Dan and Jane resisted the idea that they had become political. A better word, Jane said, was humanist. Their anger was unmistakable as they told me that the Trump administration was violating basic Christian principles. 'It became clear very quickly that #ICE is the #ProudBoys, the #BoogalooBoys. They’ve given them uniforms and let them run wild,' Dan said. He attended a legal-observer training—which happened to have been on the day Good was killed—and now the couple delivers groceries regularly to immigrant families in Minneapolis. This past Friday, Dan joined thousands of others at a protest in Minneapolis, where his fingers were frostbitten in the –9 degrees Fahrenheit weather."

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/minneapolis-uprising/685755/

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"I met a couple in their 70s who told me they had never considered joining a political protest until ICE came to town, and they realized that their granddaughter was at risk of witnessing a violent immigration raid just by going to school. Dan and Jane (like many others, they asked that I shield their full names) live in a large house in a comfortable suburb, where they welcomed me with tea and cookies.

" 'When a child witnesses violence or crime, it’s profoundly different from adults,' Dan said. 'It leaves scars.'

"Dan and Jane resisted the idea that they had become political. A better word, Jane said, was humanist. Their anger was unmistakable as they told me that the Trump administration was violating basic Christian principles. 'It became clear very quickly that #ICE is the #ProudBoys, the #BoogalooBoys. They’ve given them uniforms and let them run wild,' Dan said. He attended a legal-observer training—which happened to have been on the day Good was killed—and now the couple delivers groceries regularly to immigrant families in Minneapolis. This past Friday, Dan joined thousands of others at a protest in Minneapolis, where his fingers were frostbitten in the –9 degrees Fahrenheit weather."

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/minneapolis-uprising/685755/

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Welcome to the #AmericanWinter

In the frozen streets of #Minneapolis, something profound is happening.

By Robert F. Worth
Photographs by Jack Califano
January 25, 2026

Excerpt: "From where I stood, a few yards back from the scrum last Wednesday afternoon, it looked, at best, to be a savage caricature of our national divide: On one side, militarized men demanded respect at the butt of a gun; on the other, angry protesters screamed for justice.

"But behind the violence in Minneapolis—captured in so many chilling photographs in recent weeks—is a different reality: a meticulous urban choreography of civic protest. You could see traces of it in the identical whistles the protesters used, in their chants, in their tactics, in the way they followed ICE agents but never actually blocked them from detaining people. Thousands of Minnesotans have been trained over the past year as legal observers and have taken part in lengthy role-playing exercises where they rehearse scenes exactly like the one I witnessed. They patrol neighborhoods day and night on foot and stay connected on encrypted apps such as Signal, in networks that were first formed after the 2020 killing of George Floyd.

"Again and again, I heard people say they were not protesters but protectors—of their communities, of their values, of the Constitution. Vice President Vance has decried the protests as “engineered chaos” produced by far-left activists working in tandem with local authorities. But the reality on the ground is both stranger and more interesting. The movement has grown much larger than the core of activists shown on TV newscasts, especially since the killing of Renee Good on January 7. And it lacks the sort of central direction that Vance and other administration officials seem to imagine.

"At times, Minneapolis reminded me of what I saw during the Arab Spring in 2011, a series of street clashes between protesters and police that quickly swelled into a much larger struggle against autocracy. As in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, Minneapolis has seen a layered civic uprising where a vanguard of protesters has gained strength as many others who don’t share progressive convictions joined in feeling, if not always in person. I heard the same tones of outrage from parents, ministers, schoolteachers, and elderly residents of an affluent suburb. Some of the quarrels that divided Minneapolis city leaders only a few weeks ago, over policing or Gaza or the budget, have faded as people have come together to oppose ICE."

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https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/minneapolis-uprising/685755/

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