(The Center Square) – Federal immigration law enforcement enhancement, according to elected leaders in Charlotte and Raleigh, has concluded for now in North Carolina.

Unconfirmed by federal agencies publicly, Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden on Thursday said in a release federal officials confirmed to him Operation Charlotte’s Web has ended. No operations with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol were to happen during the day or evening.

Wednesday evening, Raleigh Mayor Janet Cowell wrote on social media “border patrol enforcement appears to have been suspended” in the city.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, in a release Wednesday, said more than 250 people illegally in America and the Charlotte area had been arrested since Saturday’s start of the operation. It said, “Among t

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