Charlotte, North Carolina and immigration
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The pews of the Charlotte church were packed as onlookers watched a man restrain a woman near the altar while a group in bright vests furiously blew their whistles and filmed the interaction, chanting,
City officials and business owners say the presence of U.S. Border Patrol has triggered a drop in foot traffic among customers.
The Department of Homeland Security says there were over 140 arrests this weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina as the Trump administration ramps up their crackdown on immigration. Chair of the Mecklenburg County Commissioners Mark Jerrell joins Chris Jansing to detail the fear and confusion in his community right now.
"The fact that a paper tells me you're now a citizen of this country doesn't take away from the fact that I look the way I look," Cristina Rojas told CBS News.
Hundreds turned out in Durham and Raleigh Tuesday night to protest federal immigration actions critics say are indiscriminately targeting communities of color.
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Raleigh, N.C., mayor urges calm as federal immigration crackdown expands to the state capital
Raleigh Mayor Janet Cowell said Monday that she didn't know how large the operation would be or how long agents would be present.
The Trump administration is planning to dispatch Border Patrol agents to Charlotte and New Orleans to oversee immigration operations that could involve armored vehicles and special operations teams.
Amid an immigration enforcement crackdown in Charlotte, North Carolina, U S Customs and Border Patrol agents conducted an operation Saturday that resulted in a church s cleaning crew fleeing the