Immigration and Customs Enforcement

A 6-year-old Charlotte first grader and her mother were deported to Venezuela after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained them at a routine check-in.

Immigration judges at Charlotte’s immigration court ordered more than 18,000 removals from January through August, more than twice the number ordered during the same period in 2024.

The U.S. Forest Service said it has no additional information about the June ICE operation in the Pisgah National Forest.

A federal jury in Charlotte has convicted two protesters arrested during Operation Charlotte’s Web, the federal immigration crackdown last November.

The Hispanic Federation, a national Hispanic advocacy group, held a daylong hearing Wednesday in Charlotte to document the effects of federal immigration enforcement in North Carolina.

Latino students and English learners in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools made academic gains last school year despite heightened federal immigration enforcement.

The federal trial of two protesters arrested during last year’s “Operation Charlotte’s Web” immigration enforcement operation continued Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Charlotte.

Federal immigration arrests in Charlotte have more than doubled so far this year compared with the same period in 2025, according to newly released data.

North Carolina state law enforcement agencies are still working to implement a new state law requiring agreements with federal immigration authorities ahead of an Oct. 1 deadline.

A new immigration detention center could open in eastern North Carolina by the end of 2026.