"Last week, Leonardo Williams, the mayor of Durham, North Carolina, received a call from the office of Governor Josh Stein. Stein's office had heard that the Trump administration was going to launch an immigration-enforcement operation in Charlotte and possibly in Raleigh, but it didn't have much more information. Over the weekend, Customs and Border Protection agents swarmed Charlotte, ultimately arresting about 370 people."
"But Williams didn't hear anything about operations in Durham until Tuesday morning. He was in Washington, D.C., for meetings when someone sent him a video of what were apparently CBP officers in tactical gear and masks arresting three men behind a strip mall. He wasn't the only one with no idea what was happening. "When I call my sheriff and my police chief and the governor's office and I say, 'What is going on?' they say, 'Mayor, we are trying to find out,'""
Customs and Border Protection carried out immigration-enforcement operations in Charlotte and reportedly in Durham, arresting about 370 people in Charlotte and several individuals in Durham. Durham officials and the mayor reported sightings of agents and video footage of arrests, but federal authorities have not released names, charges, or an official statement about the Durham actions. The governor's office received limited information initially. Local leaders in Chicago and Portland also reported lack of prior notification for recent federal enforcement actions. The Department of Homeland Security did not respond to questions about the Durham operation.
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