Video: ICE and Border Patrol’s invasion of Charlotte isn’t ‘law and order’

By Billy Ball, Staff Reports

November 18, 2025

Senior Editor Billy Ball explains the BIG difference between local cops and agents of ICE and the Border Patrol.

This isn’t law and order in Charlotte, NC.

Senior Editor Billy Ball (@thelivingsouth) explains the BIG difference between local cops and the masked men in unmarked cars working for ICE and the Border Patrol. Like and share this video to help us spread good information.

Federal officials from ICE and the Border Patrol have been busy in Charlotte, sweeping up more than 130 people in raids. Immigration officials were also expected in the Triangle Tuesday.

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Billy Ball

Billy Ball is Cardinal & Pine's senior newsletter editor. He’s covered local, state, and national politics, government, education, criminal justice, the environment, and immigration in North Carolina for almost two decades. His reporting and commentary have earned state, regional, and national awards. He's also the founder of The Living South, a journalism project about the most interesting people in the American South.

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