Last week U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in enforcement actions around the state. Officials raided a gun manufacturing plant in Sanford and arrested people at traffic stop check points in various cities.
Atlanta field officer director Sean Gallagher oversees ICE鈥檚 operations in the Carolinas and in Georgia, and he at a press conference that the increased enforcement is a direct consequence of county sheriffs鈥� choice to not cooperate with the agency.
In December, sheriffs in Durham, Mecklenburg, and Wake counties all ended their cooperation with ICE. Host Frank Stasio talks about this 鈥渘ew normal鈥� with , a senior reporter on immigration for .
CORRECTION: A previous version of this post incorrectly described the traffic stops as "random."
