Community leaders and immigrant families protested federal agents’ presence in Charlotte as agents drove around the city taking people.

Willy Aceituno, a Honduran-born U.S. citizen, was stopped twice by Border Patrol agents in Charlotte, North Carolina.

A group of mostly Democratic leaders from across Mecklenburg County says they still have no real answers from the federal government about the Border Patrol deployment to Charlotte.

On Central Avenue, a picture by Immigration Alerts CLT appeared to show two federal agents behind a man with his hands behind his back.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are heading to Charlotte, North Carolina, for an immigration operation. Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden says they could arrive as soon as Saturday.

As U.S. Border Patrol agents arrive in Charlotte, Wake and Durham sheriffs released statements Friday to address concerns about potential immigration enforcement activities in their counties. Wake County Sheriff Willie Rowe said his office had not received "any official notification from U.

The agency patrols 6,000 miles of international border between the United States, Mexico and Canada. It also watches over the 2,000 miles of coastal waters surrounding the Florida Peninsula and the Island of Puerto Rico, according to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection website.