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U.S. immigration agents arrested more than 130 people in a weekend sweep through North Carolina’s largest city. That’s according to a federal official who spoke Monday about Charlotte. The governor warned that the crackdown effort is simply “stoking fear.” The Trump administration has made the Democratic city of about 950,000 people its latest focus for an immigration enforcement surge it says will combat crime. The move comes despite fierce objections from local leaders and declining crime rates. Gov. Josh Stein says they’ve seen agents in paramilitary gear targeting citizens based on their skin color and picking up random people off sidewalks.

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U.S. immigration agents have arrested more than 130 people across Charlotte, North Carolina during the first days of an enforcement blitz. The immigration sweep that started over the weekend in Charlotte comes on the heels of similar operations in Los Angeles and Chicago. It’s all part of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts that have sent the the military and immigration agents into Democratic-run cities. The Department of Homeland Security says it’s focusing on North Carolina’s biggest city because of so-called sanctuary policies that limit cooperation between local authorities and immigration agents.