Overview
- Coordinated actions hit more than two dozen Target stores this week, with organizers centering pressure on the Richfield location featured in a viral video of federal agents detaining two employees.
- Roughly 20 protesters were arrested, cited, and released at the Richfield Target on Wednesday night, and organizers say demonstrations will continue until the company responds.
- Activists want Target to require judicial warrants for immigration arrests in stores, train employees on handling encounters, publicly oppose the surge, lobby to curb ICE funding, and call for accountability for agents who harm civilians.
- Legal experts note that ICE and Border Patrol can generally enter public retail areas without warrants, limiting what Target can lawfully do to block federal agents inside stores.
- Target has not endorsed the demands; a source says it has no cooperative agreements with immigration agencies, CEO Michael Fiddelke issued a general message and joined a business letter urging de-escalation, and clergy staged a headquarters protest ahead of the planned meeting.