The Austin Immigrant Rights Action Committee organized the protest after the death of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis over the weekend.

As national tensions flared following another fatal shooting involving federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, the city of Austin on Saturday evening sought to dispel rampant online rumors that Immigration and Customs Enforcement was staging in the city for an expanded enforcement operation.

Hundreds of protesters are calling on Austin city leaders to do more to protect immigrants in the community.

Protesters gathered for a third night outside the Hyatt Regency Austin as part of a multi-day demonstration tied to immigration enforcement and the death of ICU

Local businesses will close Friday to join a nationwide protest against ICE operations, part of a growing wave of actions happening this weekend.