{"id":4795,"date":"2026-01-25T21:09:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T21:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/?p=4795"},"modified":"2026-01-25T21:09:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T21:09:41","slug":"left-wing-groups-unions-and-china-linked-org-funding-anti-ice-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/?p=4795","title":{"rendered":"Left-Wing Groups, Unions, and China-Linked Org Funding Anti-ICE Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A coalition of activist organizations \u2014 including chapters of the Democratic Socialists of America, major labor unions, left-wing groups, and other activist networks \u2014 is backing a planned statewide \u201cshutdown\u201d in Minnesota in protest of federal immigration enforcement actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Organizers of the event, called \u201cICE Out of MN: Day of Truth and Freedom,\u201d announced earlier this month that supporters would participate in protests and encourage residents to forgo work, school, and shopping on Friday to call for an end to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in the state. The effort includes a march in Minneapolis and broader demonstrations across Minnesota, Just the News reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Groups listed as supporting the shutdown include the national and Minnesota chapters of the Democratic Socialists of America, the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), the People\u2019s Forum, as well as explicitly communist organizations such as the Freedom Road Socialist Organization and the Twin Cities chapter of the Communist Party USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Several major unions, including the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the United Auto Workers (UAW), are also participating, as is a protest network linked to the Chinese Communist Party, Just the News noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The broad coalition has been linked by some lawmakers to a funding network associated with businessman Neville Singham, who has ties to international activist groups. The House Oversight Committee, led by Republicans, recently voted to subpoena Singham in connection with investigations into activist networks backing anti-ICE efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The planned actions follow weeks of heightened tensions in Minnesota after a fatal shooting earlier this month involving an ICE agent and Renee Good, and amid nationwide protests over federal immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The ICE Out Now site laid out the plans for the Friday shutdown, describing it as \u201ca unified statewide pause in daily economic activity\u201d including \u201cno work (except emergency services),\u201d \u201cno school,\u201d and \u201cno shopping or consumer spending.\u201d The site said that \u201cthe demands of Minnesotans\u201d included that \u201cICE must leave Minnesota now,\u201d that \u201cthe officer who killed Good must be held legally accountable,\u201d and that there should be \u201cno additional federal funding for ICE in the upcoming budget.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Political and community leaders have expressed differing views on the protests and shutdown plans, with some describing them as a legitimate expression of opposition to federal policy, and others raising concerns about disruptions to daily life and pressure on local communities as demonstrations continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PSL said on X on Tuesday that \u201ctoday, millions of people across the country are walking out of school and work to protest the one-year anniversary of the Trump administration\u201d and that \u201con Friday, January 23, the people of Minnesota will hold a historic shutdown.\u201d The socialists said that \u201cit\u2019s not enough to be angry \u2014 we must be organized!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMinnesotans are clear! ICE IS NOT WELCOME HERE! Momentum is growing for the state-wide shutdown on January 23rd to demand ICE OUT!\u201d PSL tweeted that day. \u201cAcross the Twin Cities, people are united in opposing Trump\u2019s racist immigration agenda and ICE\u2019s attacks on our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A federal agent opened fire during an arrest operation in Southern California on Wednesday after an illegal immigrant allegedly rammed law enforcement with his vehicle while attempting to flee, the Department of Homeland Security told Fox News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The incident occurred on Wednesday morning in Compton as DHS officers attempted to arrest William Eduardo Moran Carballo, an illegal immigrant from El Salvador with alleged ties to a human smuggling operation, according to a DHS spokesperson, Fox News reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DHS said Carballo has two prior arrests for inflicting corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant and was the subject of a final order of removal issued by an immigration judge in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the arrest attempt, DHS said Carballo \u201cweaponized his vehicle and rammed law enforcement\u201d in an effort to evade custody.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A coalition of activist organizations \u2014 including chapters of the Democratic Socialists of America, major labor unions, left-wing groups, and other activist networks \u2014 is backing a planned statewide \u201cshutdown\u201d in Minnesota in protest of federal immigration enforcement actions. Advertisement Organizers of the event, called \u201cICE Out of MN: Day of Truth and Freedom,\u201d announced […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4795"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4798,"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4795\/revisions\/4798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auditcops2026.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}