Bay Area protests live updates: Thousands take to SF streets to protest ICE, Trump

Dozens of businesses around San Francisco closed Friday as a part of the nationwide "ICE Out" strikes.

Dozens of businesses around San Francisco closed Friday as a part of the nationwide "ICE Out" strikes.

From the Mission to Union Square, stores across San Francisco put up signs showing their support of the protests.

While many shut down completely, others remained open but found different ways to show solidarity.

At Reem's California Mission, owner Reem Assil tells us her restaurant was offering free coffee to those attending the protest in Dolores Park.

Assil says while she supports the movement, she also has to pay her staff.

"January is record low numbers for a lot of food businesses. So we need to do what we can to support our employees," said Assil.

At Green Apple Books in the Inner Sunset, manager Brad Bryant says he let his workers leave early if they wanted to protest.

The company will make a donation to the Minnesota Immigration Law Center based off of their sales from Friday.

"Independent bookstores have for a long time been a seat of activism. So we provide resources to our community to assist them in protesting," said Bryant.

At businesses that were closed, several would-be customers say they support the action.

Outside City Lights Bookstore in North Beach, tourist Christine Sterkel says she didn't mind the inconvenience.

"I was delighted to see they're standing in solidarity with people whose voices need to be heard," said Sterkel.

And despite the continued federal immigration crackdown, people like Assil say Friday's protests gives them some comfort.

"It actually brings us hope that people are more galvanized, activated, organized. So to me this give me hope," he said.

The Trump administration's immigration crackdown in Minneapolis is providing insights into the surveillance technologies the government is using in its mass deportation campaign.

Department of Homeland Security officials insist their immigration enforcement operations are "highly targeted." But some American citizens have been caught up in the raids as the Trump administration has built new surveillance tools and fused together datasets on citizens and noncitizens alike.

Over the last year, the agency's expanding digital dragnet has empowered federal agents to collect and analyze vast volumes of information. The Department of Homeland Security says it will not disclose law enforcement-sensitive methods.

In the Bay Area, thousands of high school students are walking out of class on Friday to protest ICE and march in solidarity with those in Minnesota.

ABC7 News was there when several dozen students walked out of Woodside High School around 9:30 a.m. carrying signs denouncing President Donald Trump and his administration's actions against immigrants.

This is part of the National Day of Action. Organizers are encouraging people to avoid school, shopping, and work in solidarity with protesters in Minnesota.

Woodside High is just one of the schools where students are expected to walk out Friday. In addition, many small businesses are closing their doors.

In San Mateo, students are planning to start gathering for the walkouts about 11:30 a.m. and end by 4 p.m.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche says the Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights investigation into the death of Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis resident killed by Border Patrol officers.

The Department of Homeland Security also said Friday that the FBI will lead the federal probe. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem first disclosed the shift in which agency was leading the investigation.

DHS previously said that Homeland Security Investigations would lead the investigation.

The change comes after other videos emerged of an earlier altercation between Pretti and federal immigration officers 11 days before his death.