Hundreds of businesses in Minnesota closed on Friday and thousands of protesters turned out in severely cold weather to demonstrate against the ongoing immigration crackdown in the state.
The widespread rallies come after organisers encouraged residents to skip work or school and refrain from shopping in a show of opposition to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The ICE operation ordered by the Trump administration in Minnesota has been going on for more than six weeks.
The administration has characterised it as a public safety operation aimed at deporting criminals illegally in the country. Critics warn migrants with no criminal record and US citizens are being detained too.
On Friday, about 100 clergy members were arrested at the Minneapolis airport while holding a protest calling on US airlines to refuse to transport detainees arrested by ICE.
A spokesman for the airports commission told the Minnesota Reformer that the arrests took place after the permitted activity went beyond agreed upon terms and was to protect public safety and airport access.
Thousands of federal officers have been deployed to Minnesota as part of Operation Metro Surge.
The killing of 37-year-old Minneapolis woman Renee Good earlier this month flared tensions across the state.
Friday's marches are thought to be the largest display of opposition to date to the current immigration policy in the state, as thousands of people walked downtown in temperatures of -23C (-10F).
Corey Lamb, a Minneapolis resident and business owner, expressed that the presence of ICE agents in his city posed an economic threat to his business as well as moral outrage over Good's death.
ICE's presence has outraged many of Minnesota's residents, prompting protests and demonstrations against their operations, particularly after reports of children and families being detained.
The protests included a call for legislative oversight of ICE and highlighted the community's desire for reform in immigration policies.
