Homeland Security said the enforcement operation aims to root out "criminal illegal aliens who flocked to the Tar Heel State."

Federal CBP agents set to deploy in Charlotte area as immigration enforcement expands into North Carolina, sparking tension between federal priorities and local officials.

The Trump administration is planning to dispatch Border Patrol agents to Charlotte and New Orleans to oversee immigration operations that could involve armored vehicles and special operations teams.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement leaders across the country are being replaced, many with senior Customs and Border Protection agents.

Baltazar Enriquez starts most mornings with street patrols, leaving his home in Chicago’s Little Village on foot or by car to

Ten people were taken into custody by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) during a joint patrol of Louisiana oyster seed grounds at the beginning of November. Though the patrols were ostensibly about policing some of the state’s recently opened oyster seed beds, federal agents tagged along in search of immigration violations.