A week of immigration enforcement activity across North Carolina culminated in youth-led demonstrations across Durham on Friday, as students and community members protested unannounced Customs and Border Protection and Immigration Customs Enforcement operations in the Triangle.
City-wide walkouts and an evening rally drew hundreds of Durhamites downtown. Students, workers and immigration-advocates alike demanded accountability from local and federal officials. But they vowed to continue organizing as uncertainty and fear surrounding “Operation Charlotte’s Web” continue.
CBP agents first entered Charlotte Nov. 15 before making an unannounced expansion into Durham and Raleigh Tuesday. The Department of Homeland Security has reported over 250 detentions across the state thus far.
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For nearly four hours, a crowd of roughly 250 high school students gathered at the CCB Plaza in downtown Durham by the Bull statue to speak out against ICE and CBP agents targeting members of their community. They passed a megaphone from one person to another, voicing support for classmates who missed school this week as the presence of CBP agents left the city on edge…