Across the country, hundreds of thousands of people are preparing to shut down "business as usual" on May 1 in protest of the racist anti-immigrant Trump administration.We know that along the Wasatch Front—from Ogden to Provo—attacks on immigrant families are escalating. Families are being separated, our loved ones and neighbors are being taken from their communities, and many live under constant terror that a knock on the door could mean detention or deportation. As of March 2026, the Trump administration has purchased a massive warehouse on the west side of Salt Lake City with plans to convert it into an ICE detention center.
But repression does not have to go unanswered. It’s the people—not the powers that be—who make history. Earlier this year in Minnesota, communities organized far-reaching popular resistance to a major anti-immigrant crackdown led by the Trump administration. Workers, students, small businesses, and community organizations coordinated a massive shutdown that compelled federal anti-immigrant forces to scale back their operation. Utahns joined in a nationwide solidarity shutdown against ICE on January 30—with protests, student walkouts, and dozens of local businesses closing in solidarity.
The Red Lines on the Wasatch Front campaign is organizing in defense of our immigrant loved ones and neighbors. We are asking people, workplaces, congregations, student groups, and community organizations to make a commitment: if anti-immigrant repression escalates past clear “red lines,” our communities will respond with a collective shutdown action.On May 1, 2026—the 20th anniversary of the historic Day Without An Immigrant national shutdown—we will join the hundreds of thousands of people in labor unions, faith groups, and other community organizations in walking out of work and boycotting "business as usual."
If these lines are crossed anywhere on the Wasatch Front, we commit to a collective shutdown within 48 hours:
1. A mass raid takes place2. An arrest happens in a hospital or K-12 school3. The planned ICE facility detains even one person
Moments like the January 30 nationwide shutdown against ICE are more effective the more communities are already organized. That is why we are building this commitment now.Join the campaign to build a network standing ready to defend immigrant families.
The Black Menaces // Green Wave Utah // ICE Out Orem // ICE Out SLC // MEChA de Univ. of Utah // Peoples’ Freedom Party // Salt Lake Artists Against Genocide // Salt Lake Liberation Center // Sunrise Movement (Univ. of Utah) // Utah March // Utah Overpass Action // Utah State Progressive Caucus //
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