What recent developments have occurred regarding illegal immigration in Charlotte?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. U.S. Border Patrol agents have now arrested more than 250 people in Charlotte, North Carolina, as part of a sweeping crackdown on illegal immigration. As Nick DeLaCanal of member station WFAE reports, many immigrant families are on lockdown.
Inside one East Charlotte apartment.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
A 14-year-old girl, Paloma, filmed herself hiding with family after spotting Border Patrol agents outside. NPR isn't using her full name because members of her family are undocumented.
My aunt called me and she was like, it's ice here. Tell your dad because my dad is immigrant. So I was very scared. So I ran downstairs and I closed the door. Then I went to my mom's room.
Her dad isn't working this week, and her brother isn't going to school. Officials say 44 people detained in Charlotte have criminal backgrounds. Two are suspected gang members. Others have no criminal history. For NPR News, I'm Nick Delacanel in Charlotte.
Former FBI Director James Comey was back in federal court today to challenge the Justice Department's case against him. Prosecutors are facing new questions about the grand jury process that led to Comey's indictment on false statements and obstruction charges. NPR's Ryan Lucas reports.
At a hearing in federal court in Virginia, prosecutors acknowledged under questioning from the judge that the full grand jury never reviewed a final copy of the two-count indictment against Comey.
The former FBI director's attorney, Michael Dreeben, jumped on that irregularity to argue that that means there is no indictment and the case should be dismissed, an argument the government pushed back on.
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