About 100 people protested outside of a Home Depot store in Charlotte on Wednesday where federal immigration agents had been spotted multiple times since the surge into the city started over the weekend.

Organizers briefly went inside the home improvement store with orange and white signs that said "ICE out of Home Depot, Protect our communities."

Zamara Saldivar, with Carolina Migrant Network, said the stores have been a place where agents are targeting people for arrest.

"Since Saturday, we have received calls of increased enforcement outside of Home Depots across the city," said Saldivar. "Home Depot has the responsibility and the opportunity to stand with the community. As a major gathering point, they are not neutral.

Their stores are part of the daily reality for immigrant workers and families. We need them to be partners in protecting the people who rely on these spaces and we know one thing is certain, silence from any of us allows harm to grow."