A day of strikes and protests is planned again for Friday to protest President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and the fatal shootings of two people by U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement agents in Minneapolis.

After last week’s economic blackout and protest in Minnesota, this week organizers are aiming for a national strike.

“The people of the Twin Cities have shown the way for the whole country to stop ICE’s reign of terror. We need to shut it down,” according to a post on the website Nationalshutdown.org, which is helping publicize the day of “no school, no work and no shopping.”

A map posted on the website shows hundreds of protests happening across the country, including a 2 p.m. march beginning outside the Hennepin County Government Center in downtown Minneapolis.

Last week, more than 10,000 people marched through the streets of downtown Minneapolis to the Target Center for a rally to demand ICE operations cease in Minnesota.

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Somali and Black student organizations in Minnesota then launched a call for a “nationwide day of action,” and officials from nearly 2,000 organizations have said they plan to participate, including labor, community and student organizations, as well as hundreds of small businesses, organizers say.

“I’m here to continue showing the undeniable power of student voices,” Gutu Chinksso, president of the Black Student Union at the University of Minnesota, said in a statement.

“The voices that refuse to be ignored and refuse to be silenced to remind people that students are not passive,” Chinksso said. “We are organized. We are informed and ready to lead. We are advocating, not just for ourselves, but for every community harmed by violence.”

The call for a second nationwide strike comes in response to the shooting death of Alex Pretti, 37, of Minneapolis, on Jan. 24, while he was filming Border Patrol officers conducting an immigration enforcement operation.

Pretti’s death followed the Jan. 7 death of Minneapolis resident Renee Good, a mother of three shot by an ICE officer.