More Than 250 Arrested in Immigration Enforcement Operation in North Carolina

DHS says ‘Operation Charlotte’s Web’ is targeting criminal illegal aliens in the Charlotte area.
More Than 250 Arrested in Immigration Enforcement Operation in North Carolina
The badge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is embroidered on a polo shirt of an ICE employee, in Arlington, Texas, on Aug. 26, 2025. Shelby Tauber/Reuters
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Federal agents have made more than 250 arrests in and around North Carolina’s largest city during a recent immigration enforcement operation, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Nov. 19.

The operation, dubbed Operation Charlotte’s Web. is part of the Trump administration’s larger push to remove as many illegal immigrants as possible via voluntary and involuntary deportation.