“We really, really want I.C.E. to leave Minnesota, and they’re not going to leave Minnesota unless there’s a ton of pressure on them,” said Kate Havelin of Indivisible Twin Cities, one of the more than 100 groups that is mobilizing.
Clergy planned to join the march as well as hold prayer services and fasting, according to a delegation of representatives of faith traditions ranging from Buddhist to Jewish, Lutheran to Muslim.
On Thursday, federal authorities arrested three of the leaders of the group that invaded a Baptist church in St. Paul last Sunday saying they were there to protest against one of the pastors at the church who also works for ICE.
Vice President J.D. Vance visited Minneapolis on Thursday to praise the ICE agents who have faced sometimes violent opposition from protesters. Vance said repeatedly that he believed the situation in Minneapolis would improve upon better cooperation from state and local officials, and he encouraged protests to remain peaceful.
