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Officials in North Carolina city vow to resist looming federal immigration crackdown
Charlotte community leaders train volunteers to peacefully protest and document immigration enforcement amid fears of a crackdown on over 150,000 foreign-born residents, officials said.
- On Nov. 15, Charlotte officials vowed to resist a pending CBP operation as Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry L. McFadden said agents could arrive by Saturday, urging peaceful protests and recording.
- The Trump administration has broadened federal deployments into Democratic cities, targeting Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington DC, Memphis, and Portland to fight crime and advance a mass deportation agenda.
- The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said it has no authority to enforce federal immigration laws, and Congresswoman Alma Adams stated, `I am extremely concerned about the deployment of US Border Patrol and ICE agents to Charlotte`,
- More than 150,000 foreign-born residents could be affected by enforcement actions, and Gov. Josh Stein, Governor of North Carolina, said most detained individuals have no criminal convictions.
- Reports of aggressive tactics in prior operations have heightened local concern, as CBS News reported that after two months in Chicago, U.S. Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Gregory Bovino left for Charlotte.
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Officials in Charlotte vow to resist looming ICE, Border Patrol crackdown
As ICE and Border Patrol head for Charlotte, local groups say they are training volunteers on how to protest and informing immigrants of their rights. Officials and community leaders opposing a pending federal immigration crackdown in North Carolina’s largest city characterized it Friday as an invasion, and urged Charlotte residents to protest peacefully and record agents’ actions from a distance. “We are living in the strangest of times,” said …
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