CHARLOTTE, NC. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents descended upon Charlotte over the weekend, making 81 arrests in the first phase of an operation the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has dubbed "Operation Charlotte's Web.

They say they’re deporting the worst of the worst,” one protester said. “But day laborers are the best of the best.”

A Party for Socialism and Liberation chapter, known for its left-wing protests, led a mass uprising in Charlotte this weekend against Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Thousands of activists took to the streets of Charlotte on Saturday for an “emergency” march,

Over 30,000 Charlotte students absent from school in protest of ICE operation, reports say CHARLOTTE, N.C. ( WBTV /Gray News) - Over 30,000 Charlotte students were absent on Monday, according to school officials.

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

A Charlotte woman who was protesting outside the Charlotte U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office Sunday has been charged with assaulting a federal officer.

Demonstrators marched through a Home Depot in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Wednesday, November 19, to protest the recent targeting of laborers by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in the city.

Anchored by high-pitched whistles, the group began to gather at 7 p.m. on Sunday evening following the second day of Border Patrol arrests.

As many as 500 people, a mix of clergy and other volunteers, have appeared at the training sessions on how to counter ICE.

White House border czar Tom Homan appeared on Jesse Watters Primetime Tuesday to deliver a forceful defense of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), dismissing inflammatory comments from Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and warning anti-ICE protesters in Charlotte,