"According to Fast Company, businesses across the country - including in Portland, Maine; Denver, Rochester, New York; Omaha, Nebraska; Las Vegas; and Los Angeles - have said they will be closed today in support of the strike. Local NBC affiliate 9News reports that multiple school districts in Colorado are canceling classes due to teacher and student participation in the strike. And while it remains to be seen how widespread the national shutdown will be, this is likely only the tip of the iceberg."
"As The Advocate notes, celebrities - including Ariana Grande, Mark Ruffalo, Jenna Ortega, Jamie Lee Curtis, Pedro Pascal, Hannah Einbinder, and Edward Norton - have all used their platforms to amplify calls for today's national strike. "I think what they're doing in Minnesota with the strike needs to expand," Norton told the Los Angeles Times this week. "I think we should be talking about a national general economic strike until this is over.""
""Every day, ICE, Border Patrol, and other enforcers of Trump's racist agenda are going into our communities to kidnap our neighbors and sow fear," a message on the National Shutdown website reads. "It is time for us to all stand up together in a nationwide shutdown and say enough is enough!""
Activists are organizing a nationwide general strike modeled on Minnesota's action to protest the federal enforcement of immigration policy and to demand change. The National Shutdown campaign urges people to stay home from work and school and to refrain from buying goods as a form of protest. Businesses in multiple cities have announced closures in solidarity, and several Colorado school districts canceled classes due to participation by teachers and students. High-profile celebrities have amplified the strike, and some organizers and supporters are calling for expansion into a sustained national economic strike until policy changes occur.
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