Federal officials say they have arrested more than 250 people in Charlotte, shaking a burgeoning city far from any border that has welcomed waves of immigrants for decades.

Wake County Public Schools Superintendent Robert P. Taylor issued guidance supporting student absences amid anxiety over recent ICE raids in North Carolina.

U.S. immigration agents have arrested more than 130 people across Charlotte, North Carolina during the first days of an enforcement blitz.

The Trump administration has a name for its immigration sweep in North Carolina’s largest city. They’re calling it “Operation Charlotte’s Web.” But the granddaughter of the author who wrote the classic children’s tale “Charlotte’s Web” is pushing back.

Federal immigration raids in Charlotte spark political divide as officials arrest dozens of violent offenders while local Democrats question enforcement tactics.

Agents were active in the Raleigh and Durham areas on Tuesday, though the scope of the immigration crackdown in the state’s Research Triangle region was not immediately clear.

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As North Carolina becomes the latest target of Trump’s immigration crackdown, Charlotte City Council Member-elect JD Mazuera Arias speaks with CNN News Central’s Sara Sidner about what his city does next.