Charlotte ‘under siege’ as Border Patrol agents descend on city

Charlotte ‘under siege’ as Border Patrol agents descend on city


The nation’s eyes are on Charlotte, North Carolina, where Border Patrol agents assigned to the border have descended in the latest citywide crackdown on illegal immigrants.

Federal law enforcement agents from the Department of Homeland Security arrived in the southern city over the weekend following a six-week sprint arresting illegal immigrants across Chicago.

Hundreds of Border Patrol agents are assisting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in enforcing immigration law by deploying to specific cities to make arrests.

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Border Patrol agents were seen out in public detaining people within hours of their arrival.

Agents walked into a Super G Mart grocery store in nearby Pineville, N.C., on Saturday and took a Hispanic man into custody. The store manager told a local media outlet on Monday that

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