Over 130 people suspected of being in the U.S. illegally have been detained in Charlotte, North Carolina, authorities said on Monday, as President Donald Trump's nationwide mass deportation campaign ramped up in the South.

The Department of Homeland Security has diverted thousands of federal agents from their normal duties to focus on arresting immigrants living in the country illegally.

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER INJURED DURING ENFORCEMENT OPERATION. This afternoon in Charlotte near University City, a United States citizen weaponized his vehicle, driving a large van at law enforcement while they were conducting an operation. He immediately fled the scene, starting… pic.twitter.com/Iu2fm1p6Lh

Nov 16 (Reuters) - Federal agents arrested at least 81 people in Charlotte, North Carolina, this weekend, a senior commander said on Sunday, marking a sharp escalation in the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign.

Students and faculty at the College of the Holy Cross, along with residents of Worcester held a protest Thursday evening against the college holding a recruitment meeting with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) representatives.

More than 100 students, professors and alumni of the College of the Holy Cross converged outside the Hogan Campus Center in protest of a U.S. Department of Homeland Security recruiting event. Many held signs condemning U.

The Department of Homeland Security said a member of Sen. Tammy Duckworth’s office, D-Ill., misrepresented himself as the attorney of a detained illegal immigrant to facilitate their release.

The head of the Department of Homeland Security plans to announce on Thursday plans to pay Transportation Security Administration officers $10,000 bonuses if they worked through the 43-day government shutdown,