Overview
- DHS says the Charlotte sweep targeted criminal undocumented immigrants, reporting 44 people with violent records among those arrested.
- Raleigh’s mayor said federal agents were expected as soon as Tuesday, noted falling crime in the city, and stated local police are not participating.
- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools reported about 20,935 absences on Monday, roughly 15% of enrollment, as businesses in Latino neighborhoods closed or scaled back.
- Videos and witness accounts show aggressive encounters, including agents shattering a driver’s window in a case later identified as involving a U.S. citizen, while residents documented detentions near stores and a church property.
- Homeland Security officials defended the operation, denying a church raid and citing gang activity and human trafficking in Charlotte, as E.B. White’s granddaughter condemned the use of “Charlotte’s Web” as the operation’s name.