ASHEVILLE - About 15 protesters gathered Aug. 25 outside the Veach-Baley Federal Building in downtown Asheville to rally against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions in Western North Carolina and across the country.

“Where is Jediael Amaya Sanchez?” one sign read.

Amaya Sanchez, 46, was walking from the county courthouse in downtown Asheville to his car in the late morning Aug. 21 when armed officers working with ICE pulled up in an unmarked SUV and grabbed him in the middle of the crosswalk, the Citizen Times reported . The sudden arrest created safety and transparency concerns, said Sheriff Quentin Miller and attorneys familiar with the incident.

Miller, through his attorney, Jorge Redmond, said Aug. 22 that he was concerned about a possible “blue on blue” incident that

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