Anti-ICE protesters marching through Portland
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Mainers protest Trump’s latest immigration crackdown
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A nationwide strike is taking place on Friday, January 30, in support of defunding Immigration and Customs Enforcement by not participating in work, school or buying things. Following the shooting deaths of Keith Porter Jr.
Demonstrators in Minneapolis and other U.S. cities participated in protests as part of a "national shutdown" to end immigration enforcement operations.
Students in Portland, Gorham, Yarmouth and Lewiston have planned demonstrations Friday in conjunction with a national strike, while pupils at some Midcoast schools say they will walk out Monday.
Protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations are scheduled for Friday and Saturday, with them expected to potentially disrupt some daily operations.
Protesters across the United States staged a nationwide “blackout” strike calling for no work, no school and no shopping to oppose the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement.