The Trump administration's immigration crackdown and ICE surge in the Twin Cities drew large protests today.

It was part of a general strike and walkout backed by labor leaders and faith groups.

Special correspondent Fred DeSem Lazaro begins our coverage with this report from Minneapolis.

Ice out!

Ice out! Ice out!

Thousands of people braved bone-chilling temperatures this afternoon for a rally in downtown

Minneapolis.

Protesting what they call a siege of the Twin Cities by federal agents.

For many here and throughout the Twin Cities, Renee Nicole Good has become an icon.

The 37-year-old mother of three was shot by an ICE officer in Minneapolis two weeks ago.

Her image now appears widely throughout the Twin Cities.

Annie Rose co-owns the Lost Fox, a downtown St. Paul Cafe that's a quiet refuge from all the tension outside. Renee Good is the face of it. It's a face that people can feel comfortable with. She's a woman, she was a mother, she was white, you know, and it's something that we can come back to and say, you know, oh, they came for my neighbors and then they came for me, well, that is something that we can all, like,

resonate with. Today, she closed the place, even though it's tough to lose a Friday evening's

revenue in the slowest month of the year, she says. It's already hard out here. Every January, I take

out a no-interest credit card to make sure I can make payroll. This year, I'm going to probably

have to pay interest on that credit card. Across the metro area, hundreds of small businesses, especially

restaurants, heeded a call to observe a general strike. Many in sympathy with immigrant-owned

shops where business has plummeted sharply amid fears of ice patrols. Schools in the area also closed today.

Labor unions led the call for the general strike,

but the decision was made easier by today's life-threatening low temperatures.

Still, Annie Rose said she felt compelled to brace them.

It's all fear-based. You're afraid to go to rallies, whether it's

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