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  • ICE at the Durham Courthouse
  • Things to Do This Week
  • New Low-Barrier Shelter in Raleigh
  • Durham Man Wins Big at “Olympics of Magic”
  • Who Knew There Were So Many Triangle Podcasts?
Credit: Photo by Chase Pellegrini de Paur

Good morning, readers.

As you read this, advocates and volunteers have gathered outside the Durham County Courthouse to watch for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.

That’s because yesterday, several plainclothes agents showed up to the courthouse but left after the person they were looking for didn’t show up.

I got to the courthouse around 10 a.m. yesterday, in time to catch county commission chair Nida Allam outside with about 20 advocates and officials.

“This is a direct threat to the safety and dignity of our communities,” Allam said at an afternoon press conference alongside city council member Javiera Caballero and school board member Natalie Beyer. “Courthouses should be a place where people can seek justice, not where they’re hunted down by federal agents.”

Details about the agents and their intended target were limited yesterday, but the Durham sheriff’s office confirmed to INDY that the department was aware of ICE agents at the courthouse that morning.

With changing policies and increased enforcement, it’s only the latest story of officials in an ultra-progressive city trying to deal with the second Trump administration’s harsh immigration crackdown.

Read more below and have a good Thursday. 

—Chase

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Palestinian comic Mo Amer, abortion drama “Keely & Du,” a free outdoor concert at The Gregg, and more events we recommend around the Triangle this week. 

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Seeking Shelter

A new shelter that forgoes common barriers to entry like proof of sobriety is a step closer to opening after Wake County selected an organization to operate it, NC Newsline reports.

Michael Bloemeke, 28, of Durham, throws a deck of cards while posing for a portrait. Photo by Angelica Edwards.

Like Magic

Durham’s Michael Bloemeke just won the title of most original close-up act at the “Olympics of magic.” Read Sarah Edwards’s profile of Bloemeke, one of four magicians selected to represent North America at the international competition.

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STATE: ICE has made 300 more arrests in North Carolina this year compared with last year, WUNC reports.

UNC: The Assembly reports the university is considering putting ads on players jerseys, among other ideas, to pay athletes.

WAKE COUNTY: Few school districts in the country stand to lose more money than Wake County amid federal education funding freezes, WRAL reports.

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