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In a release to their affiliate stations, one of the officials told NBC News that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) may return later to Charlotte to continue its operation.
The video circulated as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ramped up immigration enforcement action in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina, said that federal agents will be continuing their operations in the area on Tuesday.
Charlotte, N.C., officials said U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents have left the city, but the Department of Homeland Security says otherwise.
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Homeland Security said the enforcement operation aims to root out "criminal illegal aliens who flocked to the Tar Heel State."
Federal immigration authorities will expand their enforcement action in North Carolina to Raleigh, the mayor said, while Customs and Border Protection agents continue operating in Charlotte.
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