CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Editor's note: An earlier version of this story listed the contract amount as $2.25 million. While federal records show the contract awarded was for $2.25 million, federal records show the actual amount paid was just under $1.5 million.

Nearly three months before the Department of Homeland Security surged U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents to Charlotte, the federal agency awarded a no-bid contract to Hendrick Motorsports, LLC , according to federal records. The actual amount paid to the company was just under $1.5 million, according to federal documents.

In recent days, some misinformation has circulated on social media about that government contract. WCNC Charlotte has heard directly from concerned viewers as well.

The contract , signed in August, allowed U.S. Immi

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