EAST MOLINE, ILLINOIS (January 22, 2026) — Indivisible Quad Cities and affiliated organizations are encouraging all Quad Citians to show their support for our besieged neighbors to the north this Friday by refraining from shopping, especially at the Minneapolis-based Target Corporation, and contacting their congressional representatives to demand an end to funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the Appropriations bill currently under consideration.
Friday, January 23, has been declared “ICE Out of Minnesota: Day of Truth and Freedom” — a statewide pause of daily activity to “stand together against the actions of the federal government against the state of Minnesota,” according to event organizers. The strike is endorsed by a broad coalition of Minnesota faith and community groups, and numerous unions including the local teachers unions of Minneapolis and St Paul public schools.
“It is time to suspend the normal order of business to demand immediate cessation of ICE actions in Minnesota, accountability for federal agents who have caused loss of life and abuse to Minnesota residents, and call for Congress to immediately intervene,” the organizers’ website states.
Wednesday, January 7, an American citizen was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Citing the killing of Renee Good by federal agent Jonathan Ross, the “ICE Out” day organizers say the general strike is intended to be a day of nonviolent reflection. This killing is part of a broader pattern of unchecked violence, impunity, and abuse carried out by federal immigration-enforcement agencies against members of our communities.
Indivisible Quad Cities stands with numerous other national and local organizations to call for an end to the militarization of our cities and the impunity being granted to masked thugs.
A rally in the early planning stages to visibly show solidarity with Minnesota has been canceled due to the extreme cold forecast for Friday. We call on all Quad Citians to show their solidarity with the people of Minneapolis and Minnesota by refraining from shopping, especially at Target, and by contacting their congressional representatives to demand an end to funding for the DHS in the current Appropriations bill, or to condition funding on the restriction of use of Border Patrol and ICE to conduct dragnet-arrest operations in our cities. Current funding for the DHS runs out in just a week, on January 30, 2026.
Since returning to office, President Trump and the GOP have presided over a divisive assault on federal workers, veterans’ benefits, gay and trans rights, the environment, health-care subsidies, refugee and immigrant rights, the rules-based international order, the truthful history of our racial minorities, and the Constitution itself.
Indivisible Quad Cities exists to resist the federal assault on our rights and freedoms, and to realize the promise of the pledge of allegiance, bringing us back together as one indivisible people.
**A core principle behind all Indivisible events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values, and to act lawfully at these events. Weapons of any kind, including those legally permitted, should not be brought to events. All events should be held in public spaces or on public property.
Indivisible QC is a local chapter of Indivisible that began operations in East Moline, Illinois, on Inauguration Day, January 20, 2025. Since then, our membership has grown to cover the entire Quad Cities metro region, and we have organized well-attended events like the April 5th “Hands Off” Rally in Davenport, Iowa, both of the No Kings events in the Quad Cities (June 14, Rock Island; October 18, Davenport), and the ICE Out for Good protest held in Moline, Illinois on January 11, 2026. We are a grassroots movement of ordinary citizens exercising our First Amendment rights to call out the destructive, anti-democratic actions of the Trump administration and help build alternative democratic futures.
