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Feds charge suspect in Charlotte light rail stabbing
DOJ charges twice-deported Honduran illegal Oscar Solarzano-Garcia for stabbing a 24-year-old on Charlotte’s light rail, including re-entry and transit violence.
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CBP operation spotlights NC’s rank as 9th in US for human trafficking
As US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) continues its Operation Charlotte’s Web targeting criminal aliens across North Carolina this week, the effort is also casting a spotlight on human-trafficking cases.
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Border Patrol coming to Charlotte
US Customs and Border Protection is set to begin operations in Charlotte this weekend as the nationwide crackdown on illegal immigration continues.
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Tren de Aragua gang suspect arrested in Raleigh as part of ICE crackdown
A member of the dangerous Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang was arrested in Raleigh on Feb. 8 by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other officials.
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Fort Bragg troops to deploy to the southern border
Soldiers from the 18th Airborne Corps at Fort Liberty are said to be among the nearly 1,500 active duty soldiers the Pentagon is getting set to deploy to the southern border to help with the suppression of illegal immigration.
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Trump turns to Harris, focusing on immigration and her record as “border czar”
President Donald Trump held a call with reporters Tuesday afternoon to discuss Vice President Kamala Harris’ track record as border czar and his plans now that she is the presumptive Democratic nominee for President after President Joe Biden ended his bid for re-election Sunday.
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Greensboro facility set to house migrant children beginning in August
The opening of a facility in Greensboro proposed to house 800 unaccompanied migrant children from the southern border appears imminent, possibly as soon as August.
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NC-based Marines help on US-Mexico border as Title 42 expires
On Thursday night, a federal judge blocked the Biden administration from implementing a policy that would have allowed the Customs and Border Protection officials to release migrants currently in custody without a court date, if containment facilities were overcrowded. On Thursday, the CBP said they are already near capacity after this week's surge has 27,000 people in custody, about 60% of whom are single adults.
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Tillis, Sinema working out bipartisan immigration deal in U.S. Senate
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Democratic colleague Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona have outlined an “11th-hour immigration deal” on Capitol Hill, according to the Washington Post.
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House to consider Inflation Reduction Act as economists sound alarms
Later this week, the U.S. House is expected to consider the $740 billion Inflation Reduction Act that narrowly passed in the U.S. Senate Sunday night. However, economists are sounding alarm bells saying it will raise inflation, not reduce it, on those who need help the most.
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Biden’s message likely to fall flat in light of new poll
President Joe Biden said he is “building back a better America than before the pandemic, with a better way with better pay, and greater dignity for working people.” This during a speech at N.C. A&T University Thursday afternoon in Greensboro. However, recent poll numbers indicate that most people in the state aren’t buying it. Biden...
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Rep. Mark Walker: ‘God’s hand of protection was on that field that day’
Mark Walker is a Baptist minister, so his explanation as to why he and other Republican congressmen survived a mass assassination attempt isn’t surprising. “God’s hand of protection was on that field that day,” said Walker, who represents North Carolina’s 6th Congressional District. “Let me say on behalf of our guys, when you live through...
