The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown came to Charlotte, North Carolina, over the weekend, report Desiree Mathurin and Mary Ramsey of The Charlotte Observer.

The enforcement actions resulted in 81 arrests on Saturday alone, with more yesterday as Border Patrol agents spread out into surrounding suburbs.

Members of a church in east Charlotte fled when agents arrived Saturday, reports Nick Sullivan, also of the Observer. Meanwhile, area faith leaders are pushing back on the administration’s approach, Ashley Mahoney and Russell Contreras report in Axios Charlotte.

Immigrants and advocates gathered in downtown Raleigh yesterday to protest the operation in their state, reports Clayton Henkel of NC Newsline.

Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles, Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners Chair Mark Jerrell and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education Chair Stephanie Sneed issued a joint statement on the weekend’s events and ongoing operations.

"Our region has thrived and grown because our strength lies in our diversity and our collective commitment to each other and to this community," they said. "Let us all — no matter our political allegiance — stand together for all hard working and law-abiding families."

Elsewhere, in an op-ed video for The New York Times, Jemmy Jimenez Rosa, Ayman Soliman and Jasmine Mooney speak on their experience being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) despite having entered the United States legally.

Despite the Trump administration’s promises to focus on dangerous criminals in immigration enforcement operations, 71% of those detained by the end of September did not have criminal convictions, the Times points out.

In Chicago, only 16 people on a list of 614 arrestees had criminal histories, a team at the Chicago Tribune reports.

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