Immigration and Customs Enforcement

A federal immigration crackdown centered around North Carolina’s largest city of Charlotte appeared to be tapering off Thursday, local law enforcement leaders said, but a Homeland Security official insisted the arrests would not let up.

A federal immigration crackdown based in North Carolina’s largest city that authorities said led to hundreds of arrests is now over, a local law enforcement agency said Thursday.

Federal immigration authorities will expand their enforcement action in North Carolina to Raleigh as soon as Tuesday, the mayor of the state’s capital city said, while Customs and Border Protection agents continue operating in Charlotte following a weekend that saw arrests of more than 130 people in that city.

Siembra NC, an immigrant worker organizing group, has developed a new app to create a historical record of DHS and ICE arrests in the Charlotte area.

After a surge in Border Patrol activity in North Carolina's largest city over the weekend, including dozens of arrests, Gov. Josh Stein said the effort is “stoking fear," not making Charlotte safer.

The next city bracing for the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is Charlotte, North Carolina, which could see an influx of federal agents as early as this weekend, a county sheriff said Thursday.

The number of law enforcement agencies in North Carolina that partner with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has grown sharply since President Trump returned to office in January.

Jeremy McKinney, one of Mohamed Naser’s attorneys, says that although he’s out on bond, Naser still faces removal proceedings.

North Carolina's sheriffs would be required to help federal agents who are interested in picking up jail inmates they believe are in the country illegally…

Agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have detained three Winston-Salem residents suspected of being in the country illegally. An…