Border Patrol in Charlotte, Nov. 16
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Federal agents arrested at least 81 people within the first day of operations in North Carolina’s largest city
Senior White House aides have reportedly been disappointed with ICE and impressed by Border Patrol’s operations in Los Angeles and Chicago, including rappelling from helicopters and leaping from unmarked trucks during raids, and believe that same approach could reinvigorate ICE’s field offices.
Border Patrol arrests of illegal immigrants who attempted to enter the United States from Mexico this year were the lowest in 55 years, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Total apprehensions in fiscal 2025, most of which occurred under ...
Border Patrol agent who went viral over arrest video died of overdose, lawyer says - Isaiah Hodgson, 29, passed away in August after appearing in widely seen clip of a U.S. citizen being brutally deta
Two federal officials told Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden that U.S. Border Patrol agents could be in Charlotte for enforcement as soon as this Saturday, according to a news release. If not by then, they could be here early next week, McFadden said.
The Trump administration plans to further expand the presence of immigration agents in American cities, deploying the U.S. Border Patrol to Charlotte, N.C., and New Orleans, according to a government document and a federal official with knowledge of the plan.
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 apartme