Nick Della Canale

Hours earlier, agents were seen arresting people across several immigrant corridors.

At one East Charlotte car repair, the owner Jessica Arias says agents tackled an employee who tried to run and took him away in a van.

Some restaurants lock their doors with customers inside.

Other businesses closed.

In a statement, the Department of Homeland Security said it's surging agents to Charlotte to ensure Americans are safe and to remove public safety threats.

For NPR News, I'm Nick Della Canale in Charlotte.

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Hundreds rallied in uptown Charlotte, demanding Border Patrol leave the city.

Hours earlier, agents were seen arresting people across several immigrant corridors.

At one East Charlotte car repair, the owner Jessica Arias says agents tackled an employee who tried to run and took him away in a van.

Some restaurants lock their doors with customers inside.

Other businesses closed.

In a statement, the Department of Homeland Security said it's surging agents to Charlotte to ensure Americans are safe and to remove public safety threats.

For NPR News, I'm Nick Della Canale in Charlotte.

Agents were filmed smashing a man's car window and pulling him from a vehicle in South Charlotte.

On the city's east side, restaurants locked their doors as agents chased a man into a laundromat and tackled an employee at a nearby car repair shop.

The shop's owner, who didn't want her name used for fear of retribution, said the man was her lead mechanic.

Just blocks away, a woman filmed agents who stopped her landscaping crew as they were putting up Christmas lights, then let them go after questioning.

For NPR News, I'm Nick Della Canale in Charlotte.