Officer injured after suspect rams law enforcement vehicles during Charlotte immigration raids

A instrumentality enforcement serviceman was injured Sunday day aft a antheral allegedly drove a van toward officers and rammed their vehicles during an cognition successful Charlotte, arsenic migration raids swept crossed the North Carolina city.

The fishy — a U.S. national — accelerated his van astatine officers conducting an enforcement cognition adjacent the University City area, according to an X station from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

The operator past fled, triggering a "dangerous high-speed pursuit done a densely populated area" earlier agents managed to container him in, DHS said. 

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"During the chase, helium attempted to ram into instrumentality enforcement vehicles — posing a serious nationalist information threat," DHS said successful a statement. "As agents were boxing him successful — the operator proceeded to ram instrumentality enforcement vehicles successful an effort to escape."

One serviceman was injured successful the incident, according to DHS.

After the fishy was arrested, agents discovered a firearm wrong the van, officials confirmed.

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FILE PHOTO: Department of Homeland Security Investigations Officers run a drone successful hunt of 2 individuals who fled the country aft being stopped portion selling flowers connected the broadside of the roadworthy connected November 16, 2025, successful Charlotte, North Carolina.  (Ryan Murphy/Getty Images)

"The perpetrator has anterior arrests for resisting instrumentality enforcement, nationalist disturbance and intoxication/ disruptive conduct," according to DHS.

The brushwood unfolded arsenic national agents launched a large migration enforcement cognition successful Charlotte implicit the weekend.

U.S. Border Patrol agents were seen connected Saturday making arrests crossed the metropolis of much than 900,000 residents, according to the Associated Press.

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FILE PHOTO: 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)

The cognition is portion of a national propulsion to guarantee "Americans are harmless and nationalist information threats are removed," according to DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. 

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The cognition comes months aft the fatal stabbing of Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee, aboard a Charlotte light-rail train.

It besides follows akin migration enforcement raids precocious conducted successful California, Illinois, Oregon and New York.

DHS did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.