Nationwide anti-ICE protests calls for ‘no work, no school, no shopping’ – Here’s what to know

LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Outrage over the killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis has sparked a day of action across the country.

Organizers are calling for a “national shutdown” Friday and urging people not to attend work, school or shop in protest of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

“No work. No school. No shopping. Stop funding ICE,” the National Shutdown campaign’s website reads.

Across the country, workers and business owners say they will join in Friday’s planned shutdown to disrupt business as usual.

Daniela Diaz of Proof Bakery, a worker-owned cooperative in Atwater Village, said the bakery will close for the day in solidarity.

Signs reading “ICE out” in Spanish are placed on their storefront and so is a notice explaining why the business will be closed Friday.

“We want to show solidarity,” Diaz said.

“We’ve seen historically that strikes work… I hope the violence stops. I want ICE out of our communities,” she added.

On Thursday evening in Boyle Heights, community advocates described what they said unfolded during federal immigration operations the day before.

“A flower vendor that is very well known in our community got taken by ICE,” said Claudia Mancia, a senior community organizer with the Boyle Heights Immigrant Rights Network.

Businesses throughout the neighborhood are displaying the same flyers promoting the shutdown.

Centro Community Service Organization said more than six people were abducted from Boyle Heights by federal agents Wednesday, including local vendors and a father taking his children a meal to school, according to people who spoke with Eyewitness News.

“Tomorrow’s action is very important, because we need to make an impact,” Mancia said.

Boyle Heights, a predominantly Latino and immigrant neighborhood, has been a target of federal authorities and a place long known for being a pillar for community organizing.

Mancia said it’s important for community members to stay united.

“We are not scared. Fear is not gonna drive us out of our communities,” she said. “If anything, we’re here to drive them out of our communities.”