In North Carolina, the Border Patrol’s Presence Divides a Swing State

Images of federal agents chasing immigrants have rattled many. Others see evidence of an effective crackdown. It remains to be seen whether the operation might sway voters next year.

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New Orleans, a City of Service Workers, Braces for an Immigration Crackdown

Louisiana officials have been eager for a federal intervention, but planned Border Patrol operations have stoked fear in the city’s immigrant work force.

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Local Officials Say Border Patrol Has Ended Its Operation in Charlotte, N.C.

The operation, which led to more than 370 arrests, had put a purple state firmly at the center of one of the Trump administration’s most visible immigration strategies.

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Officials Move to Drop Case Against Drivers in Chicago Immigration Clash

Two motorists had been charged with crimes in connection to an incident in Chicago in October. Federal authorities had shot and injured one of the drivers.

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As Border Patrol Floods North Carolina, Charlotte Asks, ‘Why Us?’

Federal officials say they have arrested more than 200 people in Charlotte, shaking a budding metropolis far from any border that has welcomed waves of immigrants for decades.

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ICE Frees Blind Migrant Who Was Detained for Days in Isolation

Carlos Anibal Chalco Chango, 40, was released on Monday from an upstate New York jail where he had been held without his cane. It was a surprising move by an agency that rarely frees detainees.

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Trump’s Border Czar Threatens More Immigrant Arrests in New York City

Thomas Homan said that additional federal agents would descend on the city if it did not help with President Trump’s deportation campaign.

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Border Patrol Expands North Carolina Operations to More Liberal Cities

Agents were active in the Raleigh area on Tuesday, though the scope of the immigration crackdown in the state’s Research Triangle region was not immediately clear.

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U.S. Border Patrol Arrested 81 People in Charlotte, N.C.

Federal Border Patrol agents hit the streets again on Sunday, their second day in a city home to a growing population of immigrants. It remains unclear how long they will stay.

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U.S. Border Patrol Launches Operation in Charlotte, N.C.

It is unclear how long the operation will last in North Carolina’s largest city, which has a growing immigrant population.

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