LEWISTON — More than 20 protesters on Wednesday called for an end to what they say is the harassment of residents by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and implored city landlords to follow a new state law forbidding them from cooperating with agents.

The protest was held near a Lisbon Street property where organizers say ICE arrested a man on Tuesday after he came to collect belongings for a tenant who was hospitalized.

He was the fourth individual apprehended at the property in the past few months, Sherie Blumenthal, one of the organizers, said.

Lewiston-Auburn has been a hot spot for ICE arrests over the last year, and advocates say there has been no let up in activity, placing stress on immigrant families throughout the area.

Ifraax Saciid-Ciise, a prominent member of the Somali community and a Lewiston resident for more than 20 years, had a simple message Wednesday.

“We just want to go to work, go home and sleep peacefully,” Saciid-Ciise said. “We want to drive on the road like a normal person without being harassed, without being followed by ICE, without worrying about if ICE is on the doorstep, without being scared going to the hospital to see the doctor. We just want to live peacefully.”

According to an analysis of federal data by the Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition, about 69% of the immigrants who have been arrested by ICE this year have no criminal convictions or charges.

ICE did not respond to a request for comment Wednesday. In prior statements, the agency has said it is targeting people who are a danger to the community. Even if the immigrants arrested do not have criminal records in the U.S., a spokesman said, they often do in their home countries.

In the arrest Tuesday, Blumenthal said ICE was called to the Lisbon Street address by a property manager.

Last April, the Maine Legislature passed the “ICE Out of Our Homes” law, which prohibits landlords from disclosing certain personal and sensitive details about tenants unless the agency has a valid judicial warrant, according to the ACLU of Maine.

“We’re here to not only to put a stop to that but the other unjust activities of ICE in our community,” said Blumenthal.

Protesters called on the city to stop providing General Assistance funds, which can be used by residents to pay rent, to any landlord who violates a tenant’s privacy.

“When people receive funds from the city to help with their rent, these people get that money,” said Alice Haines, a retired family physician. “We don’t want that to happen anymore.”

One of the protesters, Jim Cogan, of Lewiston, called the recent actions by ICE “distressing.”

“I feel like ICE is acting in ways that are really non-American,” said Cogan. “We cannot be assured that due process is being followed; and this is not how our country was designed in the beginning.”

Brie, a Portland resident who did not provide her last name, said everyone should be concerned about ICE.

“If you don’t think it’s an issue because it’s not happening to you,” she said, “then just wait because it’ll be happening to you before you know it.”