Overview
- DHS confirmed its Operation Charlotte’s Web led by Border Patrol has resulted in more than 130 arrests over the weekend, with the campaign continuing in Charlotte.
- Raleigh Mayor Janet Cowell said federal immigration operations will extend to the capital as soon as Tuesday, with the scope and duration unspecified.
- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police and county officials said they are not participating, and Governor Josh Stein and Mayor Vi Lyles criticized the raids for frightening residents.
- Residents and community groups reported arrests near churches, apartment complexes and stores, with accounts of some U.S. citizens briefly detained and protests drawing a small number of arrests.
- DHS says it is targeting people with criminal histories and cites roughly 1,400 unhonored ICE detainers statewide, yet it has provided few case-level details, drawing comparisons to earlier Chicago and Los Angeles operations that faced lawsuits and scrutiny.