Some Colorado businesses plan to close for national shutdown to protest ICE

By: Lindsey Toomer

Outlets: Colorado Newsline

Published: January 30, 2026

Words: 868

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 5 days ago

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Businesses across the Front Range are closing Friday or promising donations to immigrant advocacy groups amid calls for a national shutdown and strike to protest escalating U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions in Minnesota.

Border Patrol agents Saturday shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis just two weeks after ICE agents shot and killed Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother of three. The killings have sparked nationwide outrage, while Trump’s top advisers …

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