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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., pledged her “full support” for a national protest against ICE scheduled for Friday, but said her office would not participate.
Organizers of the “National Shutdown” campaign have called for “no school, no work, no shopping” on Friday, arguing that “enough is enough” following the fatal shootings involving Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis amid a federal crackdown on immigration across Minnesota.
“The people of the Twin Cities have shown the way for the entire country: to stop ICE’s reign of terror, we must SHUT IT DOWN,” organizers wrote on their website.
Ocasio-Cortez, who has criticized the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement tactics in the state, said her office would not close.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez expressed support for a national protest against the “national shutdown” of ICE and said her congressional office would remain open. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“Full disclosure: my office handles crucial cases and immigration cases for the community. We will be open tomorrow to continue community support and advocate for immigrant families,” he posted on Instagram.
Ocasio-Cortez then offered her “full support for national mobilizations, general strikes and the work of mass movements.”
Shutdown campaign organizers claimed online that ICE and Border Patrol agents “are entering our communities to kidnap our neighbors and spread fear.”
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said she supports anti-ICE protests across the country but will not close her office, citing ongoing voter and immigration case work. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
The online campaign added that “it’s time for us all to stand up together in a national lockdown and say enough is enough.”
Pretti, 37, a Department of Veterans Affairs ICU nurse, was shot and killed by Border Patrol agents on Jan. 24 while recording federal immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis.
Good was fatally shot on Jan. 7 by an ICE officer, who fired in self-defense after she used her Honda Pilot SUV in a way that posed a threat, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
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Protesters hold signs during a protest in response to the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, 37, in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Caroline Brehman)
Thousands of anti-ICE protesters rallied to stop federal immigration law enforcement as part of an “ICE Out of Minnesota: Day of Truth and Freedom” march in downtown Minneapolis on Jan. 23, a day before Pretti was shot and killed.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Ocasio-Cortez’s office for comment.