Recent events have caused renewed backlash against Target, nearly a year after boycotts began over the company rolling back its diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

Anti-ICE protesters staged a sit-in at Minneapolis Target store, claiming retailer allows federal immigration agents to use parking lot as staging ground.

The retailer hasn’t made any public comments about the aggressive immigration operations and protests enveloping its hometown

Employees of Target retail locations in the Minneapolis-St. Paul region have reportedly been calling out of work more frequently in recent weeks following the arrest of two of their colleagues who were swept up in immigration raids despite being US citizens.

A general strike protesting ICE is unfolding across the Twin Cities on Friday, with business closures and a planned march and rally in downtown Minneapolis.

Agitators in St. Paul, Minnesota, demanded Target refuse to allow federal immigration authorities in their parking lots and stores during a sit-in Monday. (Credit: FNTV)

It's the latest in a string of protests directed at Target amid the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota.

The letter, delivered by a small contingent of local members of the faith community, urged Target officials to denounce the Immigration and Customs Enforcement surge happening in Minnesota.

More than 100 Twin Cities clergy gathered at the skyway entrance to Target’s downtown Minneapolis headquarters Thursday to sing, pray and demand the retailer take a stronger stand against federal law enforcement activity in the metro and prevent agents from using its properties as staging grounds.

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA: In mid-January 2026, a rumor spread across social media, claiming that people were buying salt from Target stores and returning it to protest against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).