US EditionDHS: Charlotte Immigration Operation ‘Not Ending Anytime Soon’
DHS reports more than 370 arrests in Operation Charlotte's Web and states the immigration enforcement effort will continue despite local claims of its end.
- On Thursday, public officials including Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents were leaving Charlotte, with McFadden saying federal officials advised the operation concluded on Nov. 20.
- Facing reports of a departure, DHS said the operation is ongoing, while two DHS officials told NBC News it would end 'at least for now,' creating conflicting timelines.
- Since Saturday, U.S. Border Patrol officers have conducted sweeps in Western North Carolina locations, searching construction sites and using unmarked vehicles during Operation Charlotte's Web, leading to approximately 370 arrests.
- Monday, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools reported over 30,000 absences and around 25,000 on Tuesday, while immigrant-owned businesses closed or locked doors and local parents and volunteers organized patrols.
- Uncertainty remains about how long the operation will last and whether agents will return, as Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden said ICE operations will continue and detainees' locations remain undisclosed amid reports Border Patrol may move to New Orleans.
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DHS: Charlotte immigration operation ‘not ending anytime soon’
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Thursday that its operations in Charlotte, N.C., will not be ending “anytime soon,“ conflicting with reports from local law enforcement who said immigration officials have left the city. “Operation Charlotte’s Web isn’t ending anytime soon,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin wrote in a statement on social platform X.…
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