October 02, 2026
North Carolina residents asked a federal judge to certify a proposed class action and temporarily block the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from continuing what they called a dragnet campaign of unlawful immigration stops and warrantless arrests in the Tar Heel State.
June 10, 2026
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security told a North Carolina federal court that a proposed class action accusing its agents of conducting a violent and warrantless immigration dragnet operation can't proceed, as the residents failed to show future and imminent harm.
February 25, 2026
Five North Carolina residents sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and several of its agencies Tuesday in federal court, alleging in a proposed class action that they were arrested and held without a warrant during violent and destructive immigration dragnet operations across North Carolina.