San Antonio companies are leaping onboard to assist a Nationwide Shutdown protesting United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, extra generally generally known as ICE. The shutdown is a unified motion organized in solidarity with the Twin Cities — the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan space — that has tons of of official endorsers.
Minneapolis has grow to be a hotbed for anti-ICE protests after brokers killed two civilians, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, inside blocks of one another within the first month of 2025. Protests had already been in impact within the space, since ICE had elevated their presence within the Twin Cities for Operation Metro Surge on December 1, 2025.
Shutdown organizers additionally tied their organizing to Silverio Villegas González and Keith Porter Jr., who have been killed by an on-duty ICE agent in Chicago and an off-duty agent in Los Angeles, respectively, throughout the previous 12 months.
Texas has its personal connections with ICE. The Texas Tribune reported on authorities knowledge in November 2025 exhibiting that a couple of quarter (24 p.c) of the arrests ICE produced from the start of President Trump’s second administration to July 29, 2025, occurred in Texas. In accordance with the San Antonio Enterprise Journal, ICE is eyeing the acquisition of a 639,595-square-foot East Facet warehouse at 542 SE Loop 410.
Liam Conejo Ramos, a five-year-old from a Minneapolis suburb whose photograph being arrested in a bunny hat has gone viral, is being held in a facility in Dilley, Texas, the place U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Dallas says not one of the detainees have been accused of any crimes.
Whereas some San Antonio companies are closing fully, some are selecting to donate all or a few of their income to immigrant rights and mutual assist organizations. Many companies have been hit laborious by the freeze and winter storm over the weekend of January 24, which compelled them to shut — a few of them for a number of days. Some onlookers level out that one other day of misplaced earnings may be a breaking level for hourly staff.
These are the San Antonio companies which can be both closed or donating components of their proceeds on Friday, January 30:
Closed
Donating proceeds
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This text contains further reporting from CultureMap San Antonio editor Brandon Watson.
