Overview
- DHS says more than 250 people have been taken into custody since the weekend in the Border Patrol–led operation centered in Charlotte.
- Officials report at least 44 detainees with charges such as aggravated assault, DUI, hit-and-run and assault on a police officer, and they publicly identified several arrestees.
- The enforcement push extended into the Raleigh area, with reports of detentions in Cary and Durham, and the Associated Press reports Border Patrol is preparing a New Orleans deployment next.
- Protests, student walkouts and business closures followed the raids, with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools reporting about 21,000 absences on Monday.
- Federal prosecutors charged two Charlotte men with allegedly using vehicles to strike immigration officers, while viral videos and eyewitness accounts describe aggressive encounters, including a U.S. citizen whose car window was smashed during a detention.