SF Activists Organize Feb. 19 Boycott of Metreon Target Over ICE Ties

Local immigrant-rights activists named Jamie, Hazel and Cat called for a boycott and street protest focused on the Target store inside the Metreon shopping center, scheduling a sidewalk gathering by the Mission Street entrance on February 19, 2026 from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM to demand that Target "Stand Up To ICE" and to "sever any existing relationships or data-sharing agreements with federal immigration enforcement."

The three organizers are identified in event materials as local immigrant-rights activists and community organizers in San Francisco, each listed as "One of the organizers of the protest against Target's ties to ICE." The group framed the action as a targeted corporate protest at the Metreon Target rather than a general demonstration elsewhere in the city.

Supporter instructions circulated with the call urged attendees to bring signs and hand out flyers explaining why they are boycotting Target "until the retailer takes action to 'protect its workers and guests from ICE.'" Organizers have stated this will be a peaceful protest, and the planned two-hour gathering was pitched as a public information and visibility campaign around the Mission Street entrance.

Organizers placed the Metreon action in a broader wave of economic boycott activity; materials note a separate national call to boycott large corporations on February 28, with Bay Area residents reported as participating in that nationwide action. The Metreon materials do not explicitly link the Feb. 19 protest to the Feb. 28 national boycott beyond shared boycott language and overlapping goals.

The call for Target to cut ties with Immigration and Customs Enforcement is presented in organizers' materials as a demand and a goal; the supplied materials do not include a statement from Target or from ICE confirming any existing relationships or data-sharing arrangements. The activists' stated aim to "protect its workers and guests from ICE" remains an organizing rationale in public messages, and there is no corporate response in the materials to confirm or deny the organizers' assertions.