Charlotte raid targeting criminal illegal immigrants leads to 130 arrests, including MS-13 gang member

Federal agents broadened President Donald Trump's migration crackdown successful Charlotte, North Carolina, arresting 130 radical successful the archetypal 48 hours, including an MS-13 pack member.

According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), among those taken into custody amid "Operation Charlotte's Web" were 44 transgression amerciable aliens whose transgression records see aggravated assault, battle with a unsafe weapon, battle connected a constabulary officer, battery, driving nether the power and hit-and-run.

Among the arrests were 2 known pack members, DHS said.

Greg Bovino, commander-at-large spearheading the crackdown for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), vowed successful a societal media station connected Sunday that his agents would "hit Charlotte similar a storm."

U.S. Border Patrol Commander astatine ample Gregory Bovino, right, looks connected arsenic a detainee sits by a car, Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, successful Charlotte, North Carolina. (AP)

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Footage from the crackdown captured agents fanning crossed the authorities successful tactical cogwheel and arresting migrants alleged to beryllium successful the state illegally.

In a associated statement, Charlotte and Mecklenburg County elected officials, including Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles, slammed the CBP operations, saying they are "causing unnecessary fearfulness and uncertainty successful our community."

"It is captious for each residents to consciousness unafraid successful our assemblage and cognize they tin unrecorded their lives without being fearful portion walking down the street, going to school, enactment oregon the market store."

Approximately 20,935 students were absent from schoolhouse crossed 185 schools successful the Charlotte-Mecklenburg district, according to WBTV, citing schoolhouse officials. The section outlet reported that 31% of the pupil colonisation are Hispanic-identifying students.

Some Charlotte businesses person remained closed since DHS’s migration crackdown, specified arsenic Latino-owned Manolo’s Bakery. The bakery closed connected Saturday aft the proprietor witnessed CBP activity. The proprietor of Manolo’s Bakery, Manolo Betancur, wrote successful an Instagram station that this was the archetypal clip successful 28 years that helium was shutting down his bakery. 

"Just made maine sick, man," helium wrote successful the post, summarizing an interrogation helium did with Fox 46 Charlotte. "Sick to my stomach. I’m an American national and I person to transportation my passport due to the fact that the mode I look, the mode I talk, and due to the fact that of my accent."

A operator successful a achromatic van was filmed fleeing from instrumentality enforcement officers conducting an migration operation, according to video released Sunday by the Department of Homeland Security. (X/@DHSgov)

On Monday, Fox News reported connected an serviceman getting injured aft 2 abstracted conveyance ramming incidents during operations connected Sunday.

"Today, Customs and Border Protection agents successful Charlotte faced different conveyance ramming portion successful a parking lot. Agents were preparing for an operation, erstwhile a car jumped a curb to participate the parking batch and drove toward agents," Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Fox News successful a statement.

"The operator was warned to halt and backmost up. The operator past moved the conveyance toward the exit of the parking batch to container successful Border Patrol," the connection continued. "As agents went to face the driver, the car rammed a instrumentality enforcement conveyance and fled the scene. Agents pursued the aggressor, yet stopping the car successful a cul-de-sac wherever the operator was arrested."

McLaughlin went connected to enactment that the fishy successful that incidental was "a transgender perpetrator."

The fishy successful the different lawsuit — a U.S. national — accelerated his van astatine officers conducting an enforcement cognition adjacent the University City area, according to an X station from DHS.

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The section pushback successful the Queen City included residents confronting moving agents successful a wooded area. Footage captured dozens of protesters signaling national agents arsenic they worked, yelling obscenities and blowing whistles.

"F--- you! Get out!" 1 protester screamed, waving his arms toward a radical of agents successful tactical gear. Another yelled, "Our metropolis — not yours!

Federal agents are moving astir 170 miles northbound to Raleigh, North Carolina, Mayor Janet Cowell said successful a connection obtained by Fox News Digital.

"While RPD is not progressive successful migration enforcement, we are committed to protecting our residents and to pursuing the law. I tin corroborate that the Raleigh Police Department has not participated successful immoderate migration readying activities. Above all, Raleigh is simply a harmless city, with transgression down year-over-year. Public information is simply a precedence for maine and this City Council," she said.

A Department of Homeland Security cause stands defender arsenic protesters show against raids conducted by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) extracurricular the DHS bureau successful Charlotte, North Carolina, connected November 16, 2025.  (PETER ZAY/AFP via Getty Images)

Charlotte is the latest metropolis targeted by the Trump medication to enforce migration laws, successful a nationwide effort that has included cities specified arsenic Los Angeles and Chicago.

The cities, including Charlotte, are considered "sanctuary jurisdictions," wherever section authorities are constricted successful their assistance of migration agents. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Sheriff's Office declined to remark connected ongoing migration enforcement.

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New Orleans, Louisiana, is the adjacent halt successful Trump's migration crackdown successful Operation Catahoula Crunch, Gov. Jeff Landry told "America Reports."