Reports have emerged of federal agents arresting U.S. citizens amid the ongoing immigration crackdown taking place in the city.

DHS says the surge is meant to target public safety threats, but Charlotte leaders warn the federal operation is heightening fear.

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.

Vanessa Blancas and her sister Daisy went with their father to Super G Sunday but were wary about Border Patrol after Saturday’s incident. The Blancas, born in the United States but of Mexican heritage, said when they arrived they were “looking for immigration cars.”

Federal Border Patrol agents will be active in Raleigh starting Tuesday, Raleigh Mayor Janet Cowell told Axios Monday night. Cowell said in an interview she had been notified of a pending U.S. Customs and Border Protection operation by the Raleigh Police Department and Gov.

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino has left Chicago for North Carolina, but communities on Chicago have nevertheless remained on high alert since he departed.The man who has led Operation Midway Blitz left the city Thursday,

At one school in east Charlotte, parents started a rotation for people to watch for immigration enforcement and Border Patrol actvitity.