Demonstrators march down Chapel Hill Street in Durham on Jan. 30, 2026, in protest of the fatal shooting of two citizens in Minneapolis. (Photo: Brandon Kingdollar/NC Newsline)
Hundreds of protesters marched through Raleigh and downtown Durham on Friday as part of a “national shutdown” movement taking place across the U.S. to oppose the federal immigration crackdown.
The demonstrations, which took place in the early afternoon, were among more than a dozen across the state, including protests against ICE and Border Patrol in Charlotte, Asheville, Winston-Salem and elsewhere. They accompanied a nationwide push to boycott economic activity in solidarity with Minnesota, with protest groups calling for “no work, no school, no shopping” on Jan. 30…