Carolina Migrant Network reacts to alleged increased ice activities in Charlotte

Charlotte, NC (WBTV) -Members of the Carolina Migrant Network were held in Charlotte on Monday in response to alleged “ICE/DHS Community”.

The press conference should start on Monday, May 19, at 11 a.m. Take a look at the video player at the top.

The Carolina Migrant Network, which offers legal services and education for the US immigration system, announced the press conference last week after “ICE activities (unusually high level of immigration) and customs (ICE) in Charlotte and the surrounding districts were reported,” said the group in a statement.

“In districts all over the city, ice attacks outside of the houses were observed during the work leave, near Charlotte Mecklenburg schools and during the traffic stops,” said the organization last week.

Officials said the press conference would include comments from supporters of immigration rights and people and directly affected by people and directly from the latest ice activities in the Charlotte region.

WBTV reported several ice encounters last week, including one near a Charlotte primary and middle school.

On May 12th, officials of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District said that it was reported that “federal immigration agents near Charlotte East Language Academy took a man in custody.”

The parents said WBTV outside the camera that they were not surprised by the successful ice detention near the school, as they heard from other ice confrontations in other schools in the region.

The school authority of the district made it clear that the federal immigration agents did not yet “try to sit on CMS ownership”.

—> Read more: Ice confrontation outside the Charlotte School initiates conversations by immigrants rights

WBTV also experienced a chaotic ice arrest outside the court building of Mecklenburg County on May 15th. Officials chased a man over a lawn and finally into a nearby duck pond.

The video recorded by WBTV shows several officers surrounding the man while he is hip depth in the water. The man was then attacked by an officer, tied up with handcuffs and brought into a vehicle.

—> video here: Ice Officers Chase, Tackle, arrest of a shirtless man in the Charlotte pond outside the court building

Ice activity is growing nationwide

This year, ICE has significantly increased the efforts to detain and deport immigrants in the United States in the United States to deport millions of people without legal status.

The Press spokesman for the White House, Karoline Leavitt, emphasized that Trump sees all undocumented immigrants as criminals.

—> related: Monroe students go out in schools in protest against ice cream, mass deportations

Some people enter the United States without proper documentation at the borders of the country.

Many people who are seen as “illegal” in the United States are people who arrived with proper documentation such as a visa but have survived their assigned time. The government describes these people as “over -tax”.

According to reports, around 10.9 million people without papers lived in the United States in 2022. It is estimated that “42% of the approximately 11 million non -authorized population who lived in the United States have legally entered the country, but have surpassed their approval period”, according to a congress -Research -Service report from the Congress Research Service from 2023.

Cities across the country have made an increase in ice attacks – some known in recent months. The Trump government has repeatedly asked and documents immigrants to leave the United States voluntarily

• Click here to see the latest entry/end -overstay report by the Department of Homeland Security, which was published in 2024.
• Click here to display the latest data on border concerns and expenses of US customs and border protection.

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