Federal immigration authorities will expand their enforcement action in North Carolina to Raleigh as soon as Tuesday.

Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino has left Chicago after two months of controversial enhanced immigration operations.

It is one of North Carolina’s largest Democratic strongholds — the other is Wake County, which includes Raleigh and parts of the state’s university-rich Research Triangle — but it’s a place where Trump made gains in 2024 after the county shifted ever more toward Democrats in both the 2016 and 2020 elections.

The Trump administration is calling its new immigration sweep in North Carolina's largest city “Operation Charlotte’s Web.” But the granddaughter of E.B. White, the author of the classic 1952 children's tale “Charlotte's Web,” said the wave of immigration arrests goes against what her grandfather and his beloved book stood for.

Gregory Bovino, the top Border Patrol official leading the charge on the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in cities, along with his agents, are planning to leave Chicago as early as this week as they eye other locations to ramp up arrests,

A spokesperson is disputing reporting from multiple outlets that CBP commander Gregory Bovino and numerous federal agents are preparing to leave Chicago.

Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin insists “we aren’t leaving Chicago,” but the feds’ immigration campaign is expected to begin winding down. However, one source said they could come back with even greater numbers next March.

Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin insists “we aren’t leaving Chicago,” but the feds' immigration campaign is expected to begin winding down with one source saying Bovino might depart as soon as today.

CHARLOTTE — A Homeland Security spokesperson said 130 people were arrested in “Operation Charlotte’s Web” through its first two days. According to Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino, that number was 81 on Saturday. In a statement from DHS ...