Trump's Massive Immigration Operation In The US Still Aims For Regions Led By Democratic Party Cadres

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JAKARTA - The administration of US President Donald Trump has targeted cities led by Democratic politicians such as Charlotte in North Carolina in immigration law enforcement operations.

After a five-day immigrant raid operation led to protests, officials in North Carolina have hinted that the federal immigration crackdown in Charlotte City has ended.

The Mayor of Charlotte, Vi totals, said that the US Border Patrol had ended its crackdown on immigrants in the Democratic-led city.

"It seems that the US Border Patrol has stopped its operations in Charlotte. I feel relieved for our community and the population, business people, and everyone who has been targeted and affected by this intrusion," he wrote on social media on Thursday local time, quoted from Al Jazeera, Friday WIB.

"As we go forward, it is important for us to unite not as a split group that has been divided by recent events, but as a single Charlotte community," he continued.

Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office also said federal officials had confirmed to Sheriff Garry McFadden that they had ended Charlotte's "Network Operation". He confirmed the operation would not continue on Thursday local time.

"It is important to clarify that although the 'Cha chance's Web' operation is over, the Immigration and Enforcement of US Customs (ICE) will continue to operate in Mecklenburg County as usual," the sheriff's department said in a statement.

"ICE has full authority to detain, arrest and detain illegal immigrants in accordance with federal law," the statement continued.

Operations on immigrants in Charlotte began on November 15, when US President Donald Trump's administration announced it would "add resources" to the North Carolina region.

The US government confirmed the addition of these resources. They accused Charlotte officials of implementing a "saturity" policy that would allow illegal people to "go on the streets of the US".

Based on Wednesday's data this week, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said it had made 250 arrests as of Tuesday night.

The arrests were colored by vandalization of car windows and people were arrested and dropped to the ground so that they were covered in blood.

Along with the decline in the intensity of federal immigration operations in Charlotte, a new wave of Border Patrol operations is expected to occur in other southern US cities, such as New Orleans. The operation was dubbed the "Swamp Sweep".

Other Democratic-led cities also have the potential to face an increase in Trump's immigration law enforcement operations, which raise widespread concerns about the tactics used by the authorities and whether human rights can be enforced.

The cities include Los Angeles, Chicago, Memphis, and Washington DC.