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DHS confirms immigration enforcement has begun in Charlotte
"We are surging DHS law enforcement to Charlotte to ensure Americans are safe and public safety threats are removed," Assistant DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said
Martha White, the granddaughter of “Charlotte’s Web” author E.B. White, slammed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for using the novel’s name to refer to its Charlotte, N.C., immigration enforcement operation.
State senator Graig Meyer confirms to ABC11 that ICE and Customs and Border Protection agents will be in Raleigh this week.
In a statement, the government also trumpeted the creation of a new Alamo City-based task force dubbed HSTF-South Texas.
Department of Homeland Security confirmed on Saturday, Nov. 15, that agents have begun "surging" into Charlotte.
Grassroots advocacy organizations are partnering up as they believe the effects of ICE agents in Charlotte are already being felt across the state.
Texas Public Radio reached out to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the FBI for comment concerning an apparent enforcement action near San Pedro and Basse, in North Central San Antonio, over the weekend. TPR received a statement after the inquiry, but no exact locations of enforcement action were given.
The figure is far greater than the estimate from the Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition, which said federal agents had detained just over 300 people throughout Oregon in October.
A new regional Homeland Security Task Force in South Texas is focusing on cartel and transnational criminal organizations in this part of the border region.
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Border Patrol commander touts dozens of North Carolina arrests, leaving residents 'overwhelmed'
A top Border Patrol commander is touting dozens of arrests in North Carolina's largest city on Sunday as Charlotte residents report encounters with federal immigration agents near churches and apartment complexes.