The U.S. Border Patrol arrived in the Triangle Tuesday after a weekend of arrests and protests in Charlotte.
Raleigh Mayor Janet Cowell said Tuesday there had been several “confirmed sightings” of federal agents in the area. She provided the update at the Raleigh City Council’s 1 p.m. session.
Tuesday’s operation comes after Border Patrol agents arrested over 200 people in “Operation Charlotte’s Web” this weekend. The arrests included people taken into custody while pumping gas, going to the supermarket, heading to work, and coming out of their front door, according to the immigrant rights group Siembra NC…