Workers, Community Allies and Elected Officials in Los Angeles Will Take Part in Non-Violent Solidarity Actions with Minnesota Across the Country to Mourn, Organize, and Resist
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – On Fri., Jan. 23, 2026, Los Angeles SEIU members, community allies and elected officials from the greater Los Angeles region will take to the streets in coordinated solidarity with other SEIU locals and the people of Minnesota under the banner: ICE OUT! National Day of Truth and Freedom.
These peaceful actions are in solidarity with the people of Minnesota and the family of Renee Nicole Good, who was allegedly murdered by an ICE agent on January 7. Tens of thousands of people, many protesting for the first time, have taken to the streets to demand ICE leave the state. On January 23, from the Twin Cities to Orlando, to Columbus, to Phoenix, to Seattle, to Boston, to New York, to right here in Los Angeles, SEIU members and their allies will demand ICE stop terrorizing our communities and harassing our neighbors as we mourn, organize, and resist.
WHO: SEIU 721 members, community allies, and elected officials from the greater Los Angeles area including:
- David Green, SEIU 721 President and Executive Director
- Pastor Cue Jn-Marie of The Row LA (AKA “The Church Without Walls”)
- Angelica Salas, CHIRLA Executive Director
- Representatives from IDEPSCA Boycott Home Depot, the National Day Labor Organizing Network (NDLON), SEIU Local 99 and SEIU-USWW
WHAT: Peaceful Protest in Solidarity with Minnesota
WHEN: Fri., Jan. 23, 2026 at Noon
WHERE: La Placita Olvera, 845 N. Alameda St., Los Angeles, CA 90012
PARKING: Media TV trucks may park along N. Main St. between Arcadia St. and E. Cesar Chavez Ave. Other attendees are encouraged to use public transportation, including the Red Line light rail stop at Union Station directly across the street from La Placita Olvera.
VISUALS: Participants will gather at Noon holding placards and banners for a rally at La Placita Olvera, followed by a march to the nearby Metropolitan Detention Center at 535 N. Alameda St. – where imprisoned ICE detainees are held. After a moment of silence for alleged ICE shooting victim Renee Good of Minnesota and other victims of ICE fascism, participants will return to La Placita Olvera.
BACKGROUND: Working people have moved the nation towards progress since the founding of our country. Workers, students and allies fought for and won things like Civil Rights, cleaner air, and more access to healthcare. On January 23, we continue the fight taking to the streets to make clear that we refuse to allow business as usual to continue while our communities, our members, and our families are being terrorized.
“We are taking to the streets of Los Angeles and standing in solidarity with the people of Minnesota against ICE insanity,” said David Green, SEIU 721 President and Executive Director. “We at SEIU 721 know exactly how Minnesotans feel at the hands of ICE because more than one ICE raid has taken place literally across the street from our union’s headquarters — and the notorious ICE raid in MacArthur Park happened just blocks away from us. We have witnessed first-hand just how reckless, heartless, and dangerous ICE can be. Immigrants aren’t wreaking havoc across the nation. ICE is — in one city and town after another. We will not stand for it.”
Trump and his enablers want to turn the clock back. They want us to keep our heads down. However, their divide and conquer tactics won’t succeed because working people – united across skin tones, languages, and backgrounds – are coming together with a loud voice and clear demands of ALL elected officials:
- ICE Out.Immediately withdraw federal paramilitary forces from U.S. cities and hold officials accountable for lawlessness and violence.
- Community Safety In. End neighborhood dragnets, indiscriminate attacks on citizens or immigrants, masked arrests, and enforcement in schools or other safe spaces.
- Restore Our Rights. Stop racial profiling, halt retaliation for lawful speech and protest, and rescind policies such as NSPM-7 that seek to stifle dissent.
- Fight Back. Oppose any federal funding increase that doesn’t restrain ICE abuses. Use state and local government resources to protect all community members, not for federal immigration enforcement.
“We are witnessing a dangerous pattern of behavior by ICE agents as they traverse select communities across the United States imposing their version of a warped mandate by the Trump Administration,” said Angelica Salas, CHIRLA Executive Director. “These are not normal times and all communities who wish to see their neighborhoods freed from these military operations and abusive behavior should express their discontent and join this national day of action to say ‘Not In Our Name,’ ‘Not On Our Watch.’”
Local clergy working closely with labor leaders and immigration activists concurred.
“As ICE terrorizes the people of Minnesota, their actions bring to mind a passage in the Bible from Matthew 7:20 — “By their fruits you shall know them” — because wherever masked ICE agents appear, they bring nothing but agony and chaos,” said Pastor Cue Jn-Marie of The Row LA, also called The Church Without Walls. “It has got to stop. We have been enduring ICE fascism here in Los Angeles since last year, and it is shameful to see their wickedness spread from one location across our nation to another. The last thing this country needs is division, fear, and violence. But that’s all ICE has to offer. It’s time for us to stand together with the people of Minnesota — and people across America — so we can protect each other and eventually abolish ICE.”
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Contact: Roxane Marquez, roxane.marquez@seiu721.org, (213) 705-1078
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