Ryan Oehrli

2 weeks ago | heraldonline.com | Ryan Oehrli

Agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement were in the parking lot of a Charlotte church when it hosted preschool on Tuesday, according to Carolina Migrant Network. “We received numerous reports of multiple agents in the parking lot of Central United Methodist Church during pick up hours for preschoolers,” Carolina Migrant Network spokesperson Daniela Andrade said. ICE in recent weeks has increased its enforcement in the Charlotte region under the the Trump administration.

2 weeks ago | charlotteobserver.com | Ryan Oehrli

Agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement were in the parking lot of a Charlotte church when it hosted preschool on Tuesday, according to Carolina Migrant Network. "We received numerous reports of multiple agents in the parking lot of Central United Methodist Church during pick up hours for preschoolers," Carolina Migrant Network spokesperson Daniela Andrade said. ICE in recent weeks has increased its enforcement in the Charlotte region under the the Trump administration.

2 weeks ago | charlotteobserver.com | Ryan Oehrli

Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in the Charlotte area spiked last week, according to Carolina Migrant Network. The nonprofit runs a hotline community members can call to report suspected ICE activity. On a typical week, there might be two to four calls, co-founder Stefania Arteaga said at a press conference Monday at the nonprofit's office in Charlotte. She said since last Monday, though, her staff received 133 calls.

3 weeks ago | charlotteobserver.com | Ryan Oehrli

Henry McCollum sits stunned as applause rings out in a Robeson County courtroom in Lumberton, N.C., on Sept. 2, 2014. A judge declared McCollum and his brother Leon Brown innocent of a brutal rape and murder for which they spent 30 years in prison. [email protected] A state Senate budget proposal to cut North Carolina's Innocence Inquiry Commission is being met by resistance from experts on wrongful convictions in North Carolina.

3 weeks ago | charlotteobserver.com | Ryan Oehrli

A mother to two students at Charlotte East Language Academy, who is a former CMS teacher, said in an editorial published by The Charlotte Observer that ICE detained a parent dropping children off on Monday. The apparent arrest has caused the school's parent teacher association to demand action from the school board. "There were kids in the car. They were heading to school," Sara Kay Mooney wrote in the editorial. "The father, who was detained, was the family's primary financial provider.