After immigration officials arrested more than 130 people, some churches report being half empty, an after-school program canceled activities and one U.S. citizen said he started carrying his passport.

A surge of federal agents arrived in Charlotte, North Carolina Saturday to take part in immigration arrests despite protests from the mayor and other local officials.

U.S. immigration agents arrested more than 130 people in a weekend sweep through North Carolina’s largest city.

Immigration agents over the weekend arrested more than 130 immigrants accused of being in the country illegally, the Department of Homeland Security said Monday.

U.S. immigration agents arrested more than 130 people in a weekend sweep through North Carolina’s largest city. Gregory Bovino of US Border Patrol was seen Monday in Charlotte. He declined comment to a reporter at a scene where at least one person had been detained.

As President Donald Trump’s mass deportation effort falls short of its lofty targets, his administration is redeploying federal forces in ways rarely seen before, expanding the military’s role at the southern border and sending heavily armed agents deep into US cities.