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How Charlotte is responding to Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in city

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Daily News, News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Charlotte is the latest city to be targeted by the Trump administration as part of its crackdown on illegal immigration. At least 130 people were arrested this weekend as part of the crackdown. William Brangham discussed how local officials are responding to Border Patrol agents on the city’s streets with George Dunlap, a commissioner for Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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0:00.7

Charlotte, North Carolina is the latest city to be targeted by the Trump administration

0:05.5

as part of its crackdown on undocumented immigrants.

0:08.7

Our William Brangham has more on how local officials are responding to border patrol agents

0:13.6

on the city streets.

0:14.7

Umna, at least 130 people were arrested this weekend as part of the crackdown, which

0:20.4

Border Patrol officials

0:21.5

have named Charlotte's Webb after the children's novel. Officers have already come under fire

0:27.0

from the city's residents. One man had his truck windows smashed by agents, despite the fact

0:32.7

that he was an American citizen. Local residents recorded agents questioning local

0:37.3

landscapers about their immigration status. So for more on how the city is

0:42.3

responding, we are joined now by George Dunlap. He serves as a commissioner for

0:47.3

Mecklenburg County, which includes the city of Charlotte. Commissioner Dunlap, thank

0:52.3

you so much for being here. Can you just tell us

0:54.7

what is the latest, as far as you know, about these ice raids in your community?

1:00.1

Well, the latest is that the ice raids continue. As a result of that, people continue to be

1:06.2

sheltered in their homes, almost as if though they are prisoners. People are oftentimes intimidated because of the

1:14.7

tactics of the ICE agents. And it's just wreaking habit in our community. One of the things I will

1:21.0

tell you is that Charlotte spent more than 25 years developing community policing.

1:29.2

And it's working in our community.

1:34.6

That's when community and police collaborate, working together to reduce crime in our community.

1:40.9

And it seems as if, though, in a matter of a few hours, ICE agents has turned that into rubble.

1:45.1

In the last few days, the man who is running these operations, Gregory Bovino,

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