Peaceful protest in downtown Durham: Community rallies against ICE presence

Dozens of people showed up on Wednesday evening in downtown Durham to protest immigration enforcement.

Demonstrators gathered at CCB Plaza in Durham and then about 40 of them marched from the Durham County Courthouse. Some were holding signs protesting Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Demonstrations remained peaceful throughout the night.

It is unclear who organized this protest, but the demonstrations followed events that happened earlier Wednesday morning at the Durham County Courthouse where a local watchdog team said four members of ICE were on site.

WRAL is learning they were there to arrest someone here illegally who was facing charges.