Immigration and Customs Enforcement

A small group gathered today outside Concord City Hall in North Carolina to protest the recent presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the city.

Immigrant advocates gathered Monday to denounce recent detentions by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the Charlotte area over the past week.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has detained numerous undocumented immigrants in the Charlotte region this week, in what they are calling a “larger immigration enforcement operation.”

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement released new information Wednesday, saying a second person was also arrested Monday near an east Charlotte school.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education members are speaking out after a man was detained by federal immigration officials near the Charlotte East Language Academy on Monday, reportedly while driving a child to school.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained a man Monday just before he could drop his child off at an east Charlotte school.

ICE published a photo on X last month of a man who had been arrested in east Charlotte, identifying him as a Tren de Aragua gang member from Venezuela.

North Carolina House Representative Carla Cunningham of Mecklenburg County was the only Democrat on Tuesday to vote in favor of tougher immigration rules and more cooperation with ICE.

Data from Syracuse University shows that while U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has increased the number of detainers sent to jails by 72%, fewer individuals are being taken into ICE custody.

The North Carolina House passed a bill Tuesday to require sheriffs to cooperate even more with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, not just holding immigrants when ICE issues a detainer.