#UnplugICE. A Distributed General Strike.

ICE doesn't operate in a vacuum. Behind every person killed, every raid, every detention, every deportation flight is a web of corporations cashing checks.

You Don’t Have to Be in Minneapolis to Fight Back

Minneapolis is under siege and we all wish we could be there—standing shoulder to shoulder with neighbors protecting their community from ICE. But most of us aren't in Minnesota. We're far away, doomscrolling, feeling powerless.

Here's what's true: you can't link arms in the streets of Minneapolis tonight. But you can make a phone call. Send an email. Leave a review. Cancel a subscription. And when millions of us do that together, it hits harder than any single protest ever could.

Call it a distributed general strike.

No picket line required.

It’s Time to #UnplugICE

There are companies enabling the killings, the kidnappings, all the injustice we see—and the impunity that follows. Airlines. Hotels. Tech giants. Data brokers. Thousands of smaller contractors providing everything from translation services to ammunition.

They’ve made a business decision. Let’s make them regret it.

Half of Americans now support abolishing ICE. That’s not a fringe position. That’s millions of us. It’s time we acted like it.

ICE can’t function without corporate America’s help. So let’s cut the cord. Let’s make collaboration with Trump’s deportation machine a choice they'll have to answer for.

Pick a Target

Here’s the list of companies and institutions we’ve found so far.

• The Kinetic Group / Vista Outdoor Sales (Anoka, MN) — ~$28 million since 2020 for rifle and duty ammunition. The largest ICE ammo supplier in the country, with $6 million+ in active contracts. (Minnesota Reformer, MinnPost)

• J&N Tactical (South Haven, MN) — $39,000 for “breaching tools.” (MinnPost)

• HERO Training Center (Cottage Grove/Woodbury, MN) — City-owned shooting range leased to ICE for agent training. One of the largest gun range contracts with ICE in the country. (MinnPost)

• University of Minnesota (Rosemount, MN) — ~$18,867/year to lease their shooting range to ICE. The only university in the U.S. with an active ICE range contract. (Minnesota Reformer, MinnPost)

• Prisma International (Minnesota) — $698,600 three-year contract for translation services. (MinnPost)

• Personnel Decisions Research Institute (Minneapolis, MN) — $1 million+ contract with CBP for license exam implementation. (MinnPost)

• Dell — $18.8 million contract for Microsoft software licenses, expiring March 2026. (The Nation, USAspending)

• UPS — $90,500 small-package delivery contract, expiring March 2026. (The Nation, USAspending)

• FedEx — $1 million delivery services contract, expiring March 2026. (The Nation, USAspending)

• Motorola Solutions — $15.6 million contract for tactical communication infrastructure, expiring May 2026. (The Nation, USAspending)

• Comcast — $24,600 internet services contract for ICE’s Seattle office, expiring May 2026. (The Nation, USAspending)

• AT&T — $83 million IT and network contract, potential end date July 2032. (The Nation, USAspending)

• LexisNexis — $21 million data-brokerage contract. Especially vulnerable to pressure from universities and professors, since much of its revenue comes from academic subscriptions. (The Nation, Colorado Law Review)

• Amazon — Provides ICE with the digital backbone for its data and surveillance operations through Amazon Web Services. Whole Foods stores make good targets for days of action. (The Nation, Immigrant Defense Project report)

• Palantir — Provides ICE with core data platforms that integrate and analyze information across databases, enabling agents to search, link, and manage deportation operations. (The Nation, Biometric Update)

Apply Pressure

Alone, you’re easy to dismiss. Together, we’re unignorable.

Every call, every email, every review, every post—it adds up. But only if we keep moving and keep sharing. Let them see it coming from everywhere. Let them never know what’s next. Be inventive. Be relentless. Here’s a starter pack, but don’t stop here:

1. Call their customer service line—be polite, be clear, be persistent

2. Email executives directly (their addresses are often findable)

3. Leave Google and Yelp reviews mentioning their ICE contracts

4. Cancel subscriptions or memberships—and tell them exactly why

5. Return products with a note explaining your reason

6. Tag them on social media—make it public, make it loud

7. Leaflet outside their stores or offices

8. Start or sign petitions—public ones and internal employee ones

9. Organize boycotts with a clear demand

10. Tip off journalists—local news loves a corporate accountability story

11. File complaints with the Better Business Bureau

12. Protest or rally outside storefronts or headquarters

13. Create and share memes and infographics—make the information spread

14. Write letters to the editor of your local paper

15. Contact your elected officials—ask them to pressure these companies publicly

16. Organize from the inside if you work at one of these companies

17. Launch student campaigns—especially effective against LexisNexis and university contracts

18. Pass union or professional association resolutions condemning collaboration with ICE

19. Divest—move your money from banks or funds that invest in these companies

20. Ask local businesses to post “Immigrants Welcome Here” signs and pledge not to work with ICE

21. Sit in. Sometimes you just have to show up and not leave.

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And whatever you do:

• Post about it!

• Use #UnplugICE on everything

• Share this post—on social media, in group chats, on your own blog, everywhere

• If you know of a business helping ICE—a hotel housing agents, a contractor providing services, anything—drop it in the comments

We’re building a map. We’re naming names. And we’re not stopping.

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Do Your Homework

Corporate pressure is one weapon. Community defense is another. Chicago organizers wrote the playbook.

Read it here.

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