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Charlotte Border Patrol Sweep Ends After Five Days With 250+ Arrests Reported

The brief surge triggered protests, widespread school absences, heightened legal scrutiny.

A person is detained by US Border Patrol agents on Wednesday in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Marimar Martinez, center, is greeted by her family after being released from the Metropolitan Correctional Center on October 6.
Protesters hold signs during the arrival of federal law enforcement, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley)
A worker on scaffolding of a Hopkins Homes house under construction on the Beaulieu Park estate in Chelmsford, UK, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. UK property surveyors painted a picture of a housing market cooling rapidly in the run-up to Labour’s November budget as fears of tax rises weigh on buyers and sellers alike. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

Overview

  • DHS said Operation Charlotte’s Web resulted in more than 250 arrests as of Nov. 18, with activity stretching from Charlotte into Raleigh and some outlets reporting higher local totals.
  • Mecklenburg County’s sheriff said CBP confirmed the surge concluded on Nov. 20, while ICE continues routine enforcement in the area.
  • Videos and eyewitness accounts showed aggressive tactics, including agents smashing a car window while detaining a U.S. citizen, and the detention and later citation of another citizen who was recording agents.
  • Protests grew, businesses closed, and tens of thousands of students were absent from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools; DHS stated it does not conduct enforcement at schools.
  • In a related development in Chicago, federal prosecutors moved to dismiss charges against a woman shot by a Border Patrol agent, an appeals court paused a judge’s detainee-release order tied to a consent decree, and AP-reported planning points to a New Orleans ‘Swamp Sweep’ beginning in early December.