{"id":2549066,"date":"2026-01-23T09:03:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T14:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/activists-organize-minneapolis-k-12-students-ice-protest\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T09:05:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T14:05:02","slug":"activists-organize-minneapolis-k-12-students-ice-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/activists-organize-minneapolis-k-12-students-ice-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Activists organize Minneapolis K-12 students&#8217; ICE protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Factivists-organize-minneapolis-k-12-students-ice-protest%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2549066&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Liberal activist groups, including the Sunrise Movement and UNIDOS MN, have been organizing Minneapolis high school students too stage walkouts and in-school protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), with events planned for a Friday walkout and additional action on Jan. 27, according to documents reviewed by the Washington Examiner. Organizers shared a slideshow with students offering options such as a &#8220;mass buy and return&#8221; to disrupt a retailer, a rally at a government building, or volunteer and supply-gathering efforts, and advised how to respond if ICE appears on school grounds (record what is seen but do not livestream, help others get inside, avoid physical confrontations, lock doors if necessary).<\/p>\n<p>The Saint Paul Federation of Educators is also planning a teachers&#8217; &#8220;Day of Action&#8221; to walk out. Critics, including the conservative group Defending Education, argue parents weren&#8217;t informed and that unions and allied nonprofits are recruiting minors into political activism during class time. The student and union demands include removing ICE from Minnesota,holding the officer who shot Renee good legally accountable,and blocking additional federal ICE funding; Sunrise additionally calls for ending truancy limits and pausing standardized testing.<\/p>\n<p>The effort involves organizers such as Simon Aron and is tied to Sunrise&#8217;s broader climate and social-justice mission; the organization receives funding from foundations like Ford, Tides, and Windward and partners with unions and progressive groups. The organizing comes amid elevated tensions in Minneapolis following ICE operations tied to &#8220;Operation Metro Surge,&#8221; including the detention of a young child and the fatal shooting of Renee Good, with protests and confrontations between demonstrators and federal officers reported.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Liberal activist groups organize Minneapolis high schoolers to protest against ICE<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2481369\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE &mdash; <\/strong>Liberal activist groups, such as the environmental organization Sunrise Movement and the Latino advocacy nonprofit UNIDOS, are organizing <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/minneapolis\/\">Minneapolis<\/a> high school students to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/protests\/\">protest<\/a> against Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Activists plan for students to walk out of class on Friday and organize another protest during school hours on Tuesday, Jan. 27, according to documents reviewed by the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/minnesota\/\">Minnesota<\/a> is under attack, and schools are on the frontlines. Our classmates are teargassed, kidnapped or missing,&rdquo; a student walkout guide from the Sunrise Movement and UNIDOS MN read. &ldquo;Trump is experimenting on us to see how far he can take his authoritarian agenda.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4430213\/taxpayer-funded-network-minnesota-defense-funds-bail-out-anti-ice-protesters\/\">Taxpayer-funded network of Minnesota defense funds bailing out anti-ICE agitators<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4429656\/ccp-linked-cash-california-politics-newsom-relations-china\/\">CCP-linked cash flooded California politics as Newsom sought improved relations with China<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4429503\/nypd-commissioner-demands-hospital-retrain-staff-withheld-treatment-police\/\">NYPD commissioner demands hospital retrain staff who withheld treatment from police officers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In a slideshow shown to students, Sunrise Movement organizers said there were three options for high schoolers to make their voices heard during the walkout. Students could participate in a &ldquo;mass buy and return&rdquo; at Target, rally at a state government building, or volunteer and gather supplies.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are seeing this surge in ICE agents because we live in an authoritarian regime,&rdquo; another slideshow shown to students reads. &ldquo;ICE is being used to terrorize and divide everyday people, while billionaires get richer.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A sign reading &ldquo;ICE Out for Good&rdquo; is displayed above a chain-link fence decorated with pride flags and advocacy posters in a residential neighborhood on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026, in Minneapolis. (Kerem Y&uuml;cel\/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Mass buy and return&rdquo; protests are designed to clog up employees&rsquo; time so that other shoppers are inconvenienced, thus harming the company.<\/p>\n<p>None of the documents reviewed by the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> indicated that parents had been informed of the walkout or had been asked for permission. The Sunrise Movement did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Students are advised to record ICE operations on school grounds in the Sunrise Movement presentations. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If ICE is on your school grounds (code orange). Record whatever you see (do NOT livestream). Help people get inside the school to stay safe. Don&rsquo;t escalate the situation. Do not physically get into fights with ICE agents. If ICE is in your school (hasn&rsquo;t happened, code red). Lock doors, stay in classrooms,&rdquo; a training guide read.<\/p>\n<p>The Saint Paul Federation of Educators, a local teachers union, is also planning its own &ldquo;Day of Action,&rdquo; meaning members would walk out and refuse to teach their classes on Friday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Parents, teachers, and community members need to put a stop to the teachers unions and their nonprofit allies training minors to be street activists in service to advancing their far-left political agenda,&rdquo; Rhyen Staley, Director of Research for Defending Education, a conservative watchdog organization, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Not only are students not getting the education they deserve, but they are being encouraged to forgo class time to protest. The school-to-activist pipeline must come to an end.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The SPFE and UNIDOS have the same demands: &ldquo;1. ICE must leave Minnesota now. 2. The officer who killed Renee Good must be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ar-aapgi9i\/\" title=\"Maxine Waters has paid her own daughter ,000 in campaign cash\">held legally accountable<\/a>. 3.&nbsp; No <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-tragedy-of-crimea\/\" title=\"The Tragedy of Crimea\">additional federal funding<\/a> for ICE.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Sunrise Movement also has its own specific demands on behalf of Minneapolis students, demanding an end to truancy limits and a pause on standardized testing due to &ldquo;unequal education.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A protester runs through the tear gas near the scene where Renee Good was fatally shot by an ICE officer last week, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo\/Adam Gray)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One of the group&rsquo;s organizers is Simon Aron, a Brown University student and activist. He has <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.browndailyherald.com\/article\/2024\/10\/jewish-student-activists-threatened-with-conduct-violations-for-sleeping-on-quiet-green\">participated in pro-Palestinian encampments<\/a> as part of the group Jews for Ceasefire Now and is co-president of Brown Rise Up, a student organization dedicated to protesting the federal government&rsquo;s demands on Brown University and similar Ivy League colleges.<\/p>\n<p>The Sunrise Movement works to &ldquo;force the government to end the era of fossil fuel elites, invest in Black, brown and working class communities, and create millions of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >good union jobs<\/a>,&rdquo; according to its <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sunrisemovement.org\/about\/#objective\">mission statement<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4430445\/democrats-push-to-blacklist-ice-agents-from-future-government-jobs\/\">DEMOCRATS PUSH TO BLACKLIST ICE AGENTS FROM FUTURE GOVERNMENT JOBS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s time for us to take over, classroom by classroom, school by school, city by city,&rdquo; its website reads.<\/p>\n<p>The Sunrise Movement receives funding from the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fordfoundation.org\/work\/our-grants\/awarded-grants\/grants-database\/sunrise-movement-education-fund-152634\/\">Ford Foundation<\/a>, the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/organizations\/510198509\/202523189349301347\/IRS990ScheduleI\">Tides Foundation<\/a>, and the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/organizations\/473522162\/202423169349305292\/IRS990ScheduleI\">Windward Fund<\/a>. It is also partnered with the American Federation of Teachers, the American Association of University Professors, Indivisible, and Socialist Alternative.<\/p>\n<p>Tensions are heightened in Minneapolis, as anti-ICE protesters follow federal officers as they conduct immigration enforcement actions in the city. ICE operations in the city have been controversial, including the recent <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/state-watch\/5700847-ice-detainment-minnesota-toddler-parent\/\">detention of a <\/a><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/state-watch\/5700847-ice-detainment-minnesota-toddler-parent\/\">5-year-old&nbsp;<\/a><\/span>on Tuesday and the shooting of Renee Good on Jan. 7.<\/p>\n<p>Violent confrontations between protesters and federal law enforcement have been common in the city since the beginning of &ldquo;Operation Metro Surge&rdquo; in December.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Activists rally Minneapolis teens to protest ICE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3892,"featured_media":2549067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26014720850338.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[55104,49347,71757,6772,32218],"class_list":["post-2549066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-ice-protest","tag-immigration-enforcement","tag-k-12-students","tag-minneapolis","tag-student-activism"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26014720850338.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2549066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3892"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2549066"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2549066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2549074,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2549066\/revisions\/2549074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2549067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2549066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2549066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2549066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}