I'm here in Charlotte where people are pouring out of this church behind me. It's a Methodist church and a really affluent neighborhood in Charlotte. They had over a thousand people sign up to come here tonight to learn what they can do to help immigrants look out for Border Patrol in their communities.This is something we're seeing a lot of in Charlotte now. We're seeing the non-Latino community step up as Latinos feel that they have to go underground and stay in their homes in order to evade border patrol ...

President Trump's Department of Homeland Security has formally launched its immigration crackdown in Charlotte, North Carolina. The operation comes after days of speculation and uncertainty following the Meckllinburgg County Sheriff's announcement earlier this week that two federal officials told him agents would be arriving. Charlotte is the first city where US Border Patrol is spearheading immigration enforcement without coordinating with ICE.Since the enforcement action started, agents have been seen mak ...

US Border Patrol agents are now in Charlotte, North Carolina, and they've been seen making arrests in multiple locations across the state's largest city at the direction of the Trump administration. The Department of Homeland Security launched the surge of immigration enforcement in Charlotte on Saturday. One homeowner in the city recorded two agents on her property approaching landscapers she had hired to do work in her yard.After the agents noticed her phone, they got back in their vehicles and drove away ...

We are following breaking news out of Chicago where a judge has just ordered hundreds of individuals detained by federal agents to be released. The order today follows news that the Trump administration's widespread immigration crackdown is now expanding to Charlotte, North Carolina. That's according to a senior DHS official.Joining us now is NBC News senior homeland security correspondent Julia Aninsley. Julia, let's start with the news out of Chicago. What do we know about the judge's order to release det ...

Tonight, growing questions after another round of violent clashes in Chicago between federal agents and community members outraged at President Trump's immigration crackdown. Video appears to show border patrol agents apparently deploying flash grenades and tear gas on a crowd of people in the predominantly Mexican Little Village neighborhood. You can see one woman then throwing an object back.In another video, you see Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bevino appearing to hold a gas canister, commanding people to ...

Welcome back to the weekend prime time. We start this hour with the Trump administration's increasingly cruel tactics in their immigration crackdown, turning Halloween into a night of very real terror. The New York Times reports, quote, "Federal immigration agents fanned out across Chicago and its Northshore suburbs on Halloween, chasing suspects through front yards, driving SUVs onto sidewalks, and using chemical agents during confrontations with furious residents." The Times goes on, quote, "Several peopl ...

The Trump administration has a new face for its immigration crackdown. Greg Bovino, the border patrol agent, leading the White House's controversial operation in Chicago. >> The White House making him a star of their social media push and Hollywood style movie posters and heavily edited EDM blasting mashups put out by the Department of Homeland Security.That video, the latest repurposed media facing blowback in the battle for the public's attention after an online outlet says DHS jacked its footage for its ...

A judge ordered Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino to deliver daily updates on how federal agents are complying with restrictions on tactics they use in their immigration crackdown around Chicago https://t.co/5R3k1h8u6z ...

I think that the point that I believe everyone needs to understand and is crucially important for us to make is the reason they're here is because the president of the United States uh and his allies are calling this city and Cook County and the surrounding areas uh essentially uh lawless. The situation is out of control. It requires the National Guard to put down um and protect not only the federal agents here um but widespread uh violence across this city.Uh that is not what I have seen in this city at al ...

Immigration Policy & Enforcement - The Trump administration invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, a law not used since World War II, to deport 238 Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador, claiming they were terrorists and gang members [1][23] - Internal government documents revealed that 75% of the deported Venezuelans had no criminal records [13] - The Trump administration's mass deportation plan aimed to prioritize those with convictions and national security threats [10] - A Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman stated that many deported individuals without criminal records were considered terrorists, human rights abusers, and gangsters [13] - The Trump administration paid El Salvador's government $6 million to house prisoners [30] - The Biden administration has carried out over 4 million expulsions and deportations, more than the Trump administration [74][113] Border Security & Illegal Immigration - The US-Canadian border is the longest international land border, stretching over 5,500 miles [36] - In the Swanton sector, illegal crossings increased to levels not seen in the previous 17 years, with over 19,000 migrants arrested from 97 countries [45] - Migrants pay smugglers approximately $3,000 each to cross the northern border [41] - The Sinaloa cartel is involved in human and drug smuggling operations across the northern border [38][40] - US Customs and Border Protection seized 43 pounds of fentanyl at the northern border last year, compared to over 21,000 pounds at the US-Mexico border [43] - Last year, there were fewer than 24,000 illegal crossings from Canada, while the southern border saw 1.5 million illegal crossings [44] - Texas has committed over $11 billion to Operation Lonear, aimed at deterring illegal crossings [125] - US Customs and Border Protection recorded 2.5 million instances of detaining or turning away people attempting to cross into the US from Mexico last year [127] - Chinese migrants are the fastest-growing group attempting to cross the border illegally [128] - In 2022, the US granted only 160,000 temporary visas to Chinese nationals, a significant decrease from 2.2 million in 2016 [148] - Last year, US Customs and Border Protection reported 37,000 Chinese citizens were apprehended crossing illegally from Mexico into the US, 50 times more than 2 years earlier [134] Mass Deportation - A study by the American Immigration Council found that mass deportation could reduce the GDP by 1.7% trillion [71] - One estimate suggests it would cost $88 billion to deport a million people a year [87] - It costs $150 a night to detain people awaiting deportation, with an average stay of 46 days [83] - One deportation flight can cost $250,000 [83]