WAKE COUNTY, N.C. — Wake County residents gathered for a rally on Saturday in Wendell to protest the detainment of a woman by immigration agents while she was working in Cary a week earlier.
Video captured Border Patrol agents seizing Fatima Velasquz-Antonio on Nov. 18 at a construction site, where organizers say she worked. Protesters called for her immediate release.
Immigration agents with Customs and Border Protection began operating in Wake and Durham counties early in November, with the majority of them in Durham. In Charlotte, more than 200 immigrants were arrested…