Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez supports anti-ICE protest, keeps office open

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., pledged her “full support” for a national anti-ICE protest planned for Friday, but said her office would not participate.

Organizers of the “National Shutdown” campaign called Friday for “no school, no work and no shopping,” arguing that “enough is enough” following the fatal shootings involving Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis, amid a federal crackdown on immigration across Minnesota.

“The people of the Twin Cities have shown the way for the entire country: to end ICE’s reign of terror, we must stop it,” organizers wrote on their website.

Ocasio-Cortez, who has criticized the Trump administration’s immigration tactics in the state, said her office would not close its doors.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez expressed support for a national protest against the “national shutdown” of ICE while saying her congressional office would remain open. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

“Full disclosure: my office handles critical files and immigration cases for the community. We will be open tomorrow to continue to support the community and advocate for immigrant families,” she posted on Instagram.

Ocasio-Cortez then offered “full support for national mobilizations, general strikes and mass movement work.”

Organizers of the shutdown campaign claimed online that ICE and Border Patrol agents “are going into our communities to kidnap our neighbors and spread fear.”

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said she supports the nationwide anti-ICE protests but would not close her office, citing ongoing voter and immigration cases. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)

The online campaign added that “it’s time for us all to stand up together in the face of a national lockdown and say enough is enough.”

Pretti, a 37-year-old Department of Veterans Affairs critical care nurse, was shot and killed by Border Patrol agents on Jan. 24 while recording federal immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis.

Good was fatally shot on Jan. 7 by an ICE officer, who fired in self-defense after she used her Honda Pilot SUV in a way that posed a threat, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

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Protesters hold signs during a demonstration in response to the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, 37, in Minneapolis earlier in the day Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Caroline Brehman)

Thousands of anti-ICE protesters rallied to end federal immigration enforcement as part of an “ICE Out of MN: Day of Truth and Freedom” march in downtown Minneapolis on Jan. 23, a day before Pretti was fatally shot.

Fox News Digital has reached out to Ocasio-Cortez’s office for comment.