Federal immigration crackdown ends in Charlotte, North Carolina, sheriff says

CHARLOTTE N C AP A federal immigration crackdown based in North Carolina s largest city that functionaries disclosed led to hundreds of arrests is now over a local law enforcement agency reported Thursday A news release from the sheriff s office in Mecklenburg County which includes Charlotte explained that federal functionaries have validated with Sheriff Garry McFadden that the U S Customs and Dividing line Protection operation known as Charlotte s Web has officially concluded No edge agent operations will occur on Thursday the news release disclosed The operation that began over the weekend is the latest phase of Republican President Donald Trump s aggressive mass deportation efforts that have sent the military and immigration agents into Democratic-run cities from Chicago to Los Angeles A spokesperson for U S Customs and Boundary Protection didn t this instant respond Thursday to an email seeking a response about the sheriff s report The push to carry out arrests in North Carolina expanded to areas around the state capital of Raleigh on Tuesday spreading fear in at least one immigrant-heavy suburb Late Wednesday Raleigh Mayor Janet Cowell announced via the social platform X that edge patrol enforcement appears to have been suspended in the city The number of arrests around Charlotte and beyond was about double the total reported by Homeland Prevention authorities earlier this week The department noted in a message that agencies continue to target particular of the the majority dangerous criminal illegal aliens Their targets include people living in the U S without legal permission and those who allegedly have criminal records Federal bureaucrats have offered limited details about those arrested They ve also remained quiet about the scope of the enforcement operations across North Carolina and where agents will show up next keeping communities on edge The crackdown in Charlotte has been met with pockets of resistance and protests Immigration bureaucrats have blanketed the country since January pushing detention counts to all-time highs above Big cities and small towns across the country are targeted daily amid higher-profile pushes in places such as Portland Oregon where more than immigration arrests were made in October Smaller bursts of enforcement have popped up elsewhere