According to data obtained by UC Berkeley's Deportation Data Project, ICE arrested 6,374 people in North Carolina between January 2025 and March 10, 2026—nearly double the number arrested during the previous two years combined. Arrests peaked in November 2025 during a CBP operation called "Charlotte's Web" in the Charlotte area, though analysis found most arrestees had no prior criminal convictions despite official claims of targeting the "worst of the worst."