Hundreds of demonstrations and similar actions are planned for this weekend, January 30 and 31, 2026 as part of the “ICE OUT” strike and protest against the violent reign of terror that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) are inflicting upon our neighborhoods, cities, communities, and residents. The Guardian states that organizers of the actions, including several student groups at the University of Minnesota, are calling for a national shutdown, which means that people should not attend work or school, nor go shopping. Across the weekend, people across the country will be participating in walkouts; demonstrations; protests; and vigils. Other actions including calling members of Congress to block DHS funding; calling, emailing, or leaving reviews for hotels to urge them to stop providing accommodations to ICE, CBP, and DHS agents; calling or emailing chambers of commerce and business associations to urge them to adopt pledges of non-cooperation with ICE; and boycotting companies that have connections with ICE, including Target.
The Guardian explains: “the ‘blackout’ day, which many online are referring to as a ‘general strike,’ is an effort to ‘shut down the economy,’ organizers say.” The Guardian further reports:
On Saturday, organizers, led by the national grassroots organization 50501, will stage an “ICE Out of Everywhere National Day of Action”, which will include a variety of protests, demonstrations, and vigils, in all 50 states and Washington DC . . . Across both days, organizers are calling for justice for the people detained by ICE and those killed at the hands of ICE or while in ICE custody. This includes cases that haven’t gained widespread attention, such as 55-year-old Cuban immigrant Geraldo Lunas Campos, who was killed while in ICE custody at Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas, on 3 January, ICE’s detention of five-year-old Liam Ramos in Minnesota this month as he returned home from school, and the ICE shooting of 43-year-old Keith Porter Jr in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve.
In addition to not going to work or school (if you’re able, of course) on Friday (January 30), and putting a hold on any shopping you were planning to do, as part of the “ICE OUT” strike, you might also consider stopping your support for any of the following companies that, according to Forbes, have the biggest ICE contracts:
Palantir: The tech and analytics software provider was awarded $139.3 million in 2022 to assist “investigative case management operations,” maintenance support and “custom enhancements.”
AT&T: The telecommunications giant was awarded $90.7 million in 2021 to provide ICE with IT, network products and support in a contract set to expire in September, though it includes a potential end date of 2032 that could push the deal’s value to $165.2 million
Deloitte: ICE has awarded the consulting firm several multiyear contracts in recent years, including a $24 million contract in 2023 to provide “data modernization support” through 2027.
Dell: The company’s government contracting arm was awarded $18.8 million in April 2025 to support the office of ICE’s chief information officer “through the purchase of the Microsoft Enterprise software licenses.”
Motorola Solutions: A separate firm from the cell phone maker Motorola Mobility that produces walkie-talkies and video surveillance systems, Motorola Solutions was awarded a $15.6 million contract in September 2023 to “implement and maintain” ICE’s tactical communication infrastructure.
General Dynamics: The defense firm holds a $9.6 million contract with ICE to provide “background investigative services.”
L3 Harris: Defense contractor L3 Harris was awarded a $4.4 million contract with ICE in 2022 to provide equipment to “determine the location of targeted mobile handsets to investigate crimes and threats.”
FedEx: The mail carrier provides delivery services for ICE through March 2027 in a contract valued at $2.3 million.
Comcast: The company holds an ICE award valued at $60,965.64 to provide the agency with broadcast cable at five “regional wire rooms.”
Charter Communications: The company provides cable and internet services for ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations field office in Beaumont, Texas, in a contract valued at $12,837, which may expand to $21,839 and extend until 2028.
Let’s take care of our friends, family, neighbors, and communities! And please be safe out there, friends.
Two days of lost revenue isn't enough to get the Oligarchs to demand that President Trump rein in his brown shirts. I'm not calling them Nazis or Nazi adjacent... It's just that they wear brown shirts as part of their tactical uniforms.