Immigration crackdown 'surges' to Charlotte, North Carolina
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Federal Border Patrol and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in Charlotte have sparked widespread concern, especially after reports of racial profiling, detentions, and property damage.
Many residents and business owners in Charlotte are on edge after immigration officials arrested more than 130 people in North Carolina’s largest city. NBC News’ Ryan Chandler reports.
Representatives of the minority groups offer to assist resistance to federal immigration action in North Carolina and say they'll prepare for the spring return of ICE and Border Patrol agents to the Chicago area.
As North Carolina becomes the latest target of Trump’s immigration crackdown, Charlotte City Council Member-elect JD Mazuera Arias speaks with CNN News Central’s Sara Sidner about what his city does next.
Federal law enforcement officials are sent to North Carolina’s largest city, while many National Guard members deployed to Chicago and Portland are being sent home.
Americans should be able to live without fear of violent criminal illegal aliens hurting them, their families, or their neighbors," said McLaughlin, the DHS assistant secretary for public affairs, in a statement emailed to USA TODAY on Nov.