Posted on 11/17/2025 5:56:41 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Nov 17 (Reuters) - Over 130 people suspected of being in the U.S. illegally have been detained in Charlotte, North Carolina, authorities said on Monday, as President Donald Trump's nationwide mass deportation campaign ramped up in the South.
Rob Brisley, a spokesperson for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, said that Border Patrol agents had arrested over 130 people on Saturday and Sunday in Charlotte during the first two days of the federal operation targeting undocumented migrants.
"We will not stop enforcing the laws of our nation until every criminal illegal alien is arrested and removed from our country," Brisley said.
He did not give details on ongoing operations Monday. It was not clear when the operation in the southern city would end.
Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles, a Democrat, said that the constitutional rights and protections of every person in Charlotte, regardless of their immigration status, must be upheld, and said that city officials were working to support the impacted people and communities "while working within complicated legal boundaries."
"To everyone in Charlotte who is feeling anxious or fearful: you are not alone," Lyles wrote on social media. "Your city stands with you."
Charlotte has seen peaceful protests in response to the crackdown, including a walkout on Monday by the students of East Mecklenburg High School, and videos of arrests have been posted across social media, including one showing masked agents smashing a pickup window and dragging a man out.
Some Latino-run businesses closed over the weekend and remained shuttered Monday in Charlotte, a city of 943,000 people and one of the fastest growing areas in the U.S., according to the Census Bureau. Many people are drawn by higher-paying jobs in the growing finance, tech and logistics sectors.
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Hear, hear!
GOD BLESS AMERICA!!
Only 14,999,870 to go! What a great piece of work for two days!
Keepin’ busy.
Do we think ICE is getting into the groove now and working faster and more efficiently?
Even with tattle tale wimpy wokesters blowing whistles and tipping off criminals to leave as they arrive.
This is what I voted for.
Cousin says they’re heading to Raleigh and have a big list to roundup over the next 48 hours. What a wonderful thing ICE has become! An actual functioning federal agency that EXCEEDS expectations!
130 - a small start, but I saw triple that at the local Home Depot alone.
If we’re serious about fixing the illegal immigration problem, we need to be comprehensive. Less drama in the streets picking up handfuls here and there, more systematic approaches.
Criminalize hiring or harboring them. There are companies FULL of illegals, and they’re being housed en masse on farms. Shut them out of ALL public benefits at all levels. No free money, no free food, no free healthcare at all ever. No having Americans pay for education at 10k plus per child.
They will self deport.
Don’t arrest a few for the cameras and then talk about exempting farms and restauants. That’s bullshit and shows a lack of seriousness. The on-camera drama is garnering sympathy, is very costly and not accomplishing very much.
There’s tens of millions, 130 doesn’t mean squat.
Who the hell is running North Cacackalacky?
Good. I hope they come to the eastern part of the state. We’re chock full over this way!!! They could possibly arrest 25% of my small county. ICE should check out the rural counties, as well as the big towns/cities.
Yeah when you contemplate the fact that the daily numbers of Illegal Mamacitas which are bearing Little Chicos all across America far exceed those arrests.
This aint gonna cut it.
Then I guess we should give up. SMH
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