ICE arrests four at Mecklenburg County Courthouse as lawyers intervene
Feb 25, 2026·Location: Charlotte, NC
Country of origin: Venezuela

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested four people at the Mecklenburg County Courthouse on Tuesday. Three attorneys were present during the arrests and were accused of interfering, with one attorney attempting to physically stop the process. ICE warned that anyone impeding arrests in the future could face arrest themselves. Federal authorities have opened a criminal investigation into whether two ICE officers committed perjury by lying under oath about a shooting in Minneapolis. All charges were dropped against two Venezuelan men involved in the incident.
Sources
- Feds open a perjury probe into ICE officers' testimony about the shooting of a Venezuelan man
Associated Press·Feb 13, 2026·archived copy
- ICE officers face criminal probe for alleged 'untruthful statements' under oath about Minneapolis shooting
- CBS News
- Lawyers tried to intervene as ICE agents arrested four at Mecklenburg Courthouse
- ICE detains four people at Mecklenburg County Courthouse
WFAE·Feb 25, 2026·archived copy
- Charlotte Observer
- Feds open perjury probe into ICE officers’ claims | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
nwaonline.com·Feb 14, 2026·archived copy
- ICE says 2 of its officers may have lied under oath about shooting migrant in Minnesota
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