BEAUFORT, S.C. (WTOC) - Some residents in Beaufort County protested near the sheriff’s office on Thursday morning.

They oppose an agreement that Sheriff P.J. Tanner signed over the summer that allows his office to partner with ICE and enforce immigration laws in the county.

What started as a gathering of people voicing their frustrations at the corner of Ribaut and Boundary in Beaufort later evolved into the delivery of over 300 letters.

337 letters to be exact, addressed to Sheriff Tanner.

“We’re letting him know that we aren’t slowing down, we are opposed, and we are standing with our immigrant community,” Sun City Democrats President, Lynn Gerson said.

Each letter is different in style, but each is trying to get the same message across.

“Equal protection and due process matter,” G

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