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Small businesses throughout metro Detroit closed and high school students staged walked outs on Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, as part of a national shutdown general strike to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after a series of high-profile killings by the agency in Minneapolis and elsewhere. The action encouraging participants to avoid school, work, and shopping follows the ICE killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. The agency has been involved in at least six other