US EditionImmigration agents will launch an operation in Charlotte this weekend, sheriff says
Local groups prepare mutual aid networks as the Trump administration intensifies immigration enforcement targeting North Carolina's largest city, home to about 425,000 undocumented immigrants.
- Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden announced U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel are expected in Charlotte, North Carolina as soon as Saturday or early next week, but operational details remain undisclosed and his office hasn’t been asked to assist.
- Driving the news: On Nov. 10, reports said agents could be redeployed from Chicago to Charlotte and New Orleans amid the Trump administration’s push for federal intervention in Democratic-led cities.
- CharlotteEAST organized a call that drew nearly 500 participants focused on building a mutual-aid network, with JD Mazuera Arias and Greg Asciutto emphasizing information and resource sharing.
- Panic has spread through Charlotte’s immigrant community, prompting outreach efforts, while Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department and Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office said they have not been contacted by Border Patrol.
- Approximately 425,000 undocumented immigrants in North Carolina in 2023 make up roughly 4% of the population, and three Republican state lawmakers last week asked Gov. Josh Stein to deploy the National Guard to Charlotte, but Stein declined.
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Sheriff: Federal Operation in Charlotte Is Imminent
A North Carolina sheriff said Thursday that US Customs and Border Protection personnel are expected in Charlotte as soon as Saturday to start an immigration enforcement operation. Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden said in a statement that two federal officials had confirmed that plan to him. His office declined to...
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The Center SquareImmigration enforcement expected in Charlotte
(The Center Square) – Immigration enforcement in North Carolina’s largest city could begin this weekend, Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden says.
Customs and Border Protection personnel will go in the next few days to Charlotte, North Carolina, to start an immigration detention operation, the local police chief announced on Thursday. Garry McFadden, chief police officer of Mecklenburg County, stated in a statement that two federal officials had confirmed that plan. His office refused to identify those officials. McFadden notes that no details have been revealed about the operation and tha…
ICE agents are expected to launch a massive immigration detention operation in Charlotte from Saturday.
This means that both the Border Patrol and the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) could be conducting a joint operation in the Queen City. On Wednesday, November 12, several sources who asked for anonymity confirmed to Link Latino NC, that ICE would join the operation. Mecklenburg Sheriff's entry confirms deployment of the Border Patrol in Charlotte was first published on Link Latino NC. Mecklenburg Sheriff confirms deployment of the …
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