U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has scheduled daily charter flights between Charlotte (CLT) and Jacksonville (JAX) for next week, and that at least 50 agents would be deployed to the Raleigh area starting December 1st, as part of an operation that would last for a month.
The information was shared by the organization. Siembra NC on your Facebook page.
This announcement comes after the operations of the U.S. Border Patrol in the Triangle area and in Charlotte, which resulted in at least 370 people being arrested in the latter city.
Related: Organization confirms eight arrests by ICE in Charlotte
“We don’t have much to ask of them, other than that they come back.”
Siembra NC He mentioned that on Thursday, November 20th, the preNorth Carolina House Speaker Destin Hall told the News & Observer: “The ICE and CBP They have a difficult job… we just ask that they come back.”
Until that moment, the organization said, “few people imagined that it referred to such a close and extensive deployment, especially days before an important family holiday.”
“We know these aren’t security issues, because not a single person we know feels safer after last week’s CBP operation,” Siembra NC said in its post.
“Most likely, Destin Hall He's encouraging the CBP invasion of North Carolina if he wants to score "culture war" points with MAGA Republicans, just like the governor did. Pat McCrory "When he defended HB2, it led to a national economic boycott of our state," he noted.
Arrests continue to happen
At the moment, there are no new details about this announcement. It is unknown where they will be and what their objective will be. immigration arrests They continue to occur in the state.
It's worth noting that ICE has a local office in Charlotte and a smaller one in the city of Cary; it has been there for years. This week, the community organization identified at least 8 arrests made in the city of Charlotte and its surroundings.
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They have also alerted the community about ICE's modus operandi: “This is how ICE in Charlotte has been doing arrests Every day this year: mostly before 10 a.m., apparently looking for “cars that might have migrant workers,” they explained. “How to recognize them? — Their faces are often, but not always, covered; they wear green or black vests over civilian clothes and use private cars.”
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