Immigration

Two U.S. citizen brothers say Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers racially profiled and assaulted them earlier this week, as federal agents continue heightened immigration arrests in North Carolina.

The Charlotte region is home to largest Venezuelan expat community in North Carolina, where people gathered to celebrate the toppling of the autocratic Venezuelan leader.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement more than doubled all of the arrests made in NC in 2024 in the first nine months since President Donald Trump's inauguration, according to the Deportation Data Project.

After federal immigration enforcement targeted North Carolina last week, many Latino families remained home from Sunday mass services. At Durham’s oldest Catholic church, longtime parishioners expressed support and empathy for the area’s immigrant community.

CMPD, Mayor Vi Lyles and Sheriff Garry McFadden have all said CBP agents left Charlotte, but DHS insists the “Charlotte’s Web” operation is ongoing.

Hundreds of people demonstrated in downtown Durham Friday night in opposition of this week's immigration enforcement operations across North Carolina.

18-year-old Fernando Vazquez was working his commercial landscaping job on the morning of Nov. 18, 2025, in Cary when Border Patrol agents stopped, arrested, and eventually released him.

Hispanic business owners - from restaurants and stores to hair salons - say they’re seeing very few customers because people are scared of immigration enforcement agents.

For the rest of this week, volunteers will welcome students at school and act as lookouts should immigration agents show up. Many parents are keeping their children home out of precaution.

As Border Patrol agents descend on Charlotte — and are reportedly active in Wake County and Durham too — the state's top Republican leaders are supportive of the immigration enforcement action.