Border Patrol questions holiday light installers in homeowner's yard

George Mihalcea

Two workers were hanging Christmas lights in a North Carolina homeowner's garden when a Customs and Border Patrol agent walked onto the lawn and began questioning them on Saturday (15 November). Rheba Hamilton filmed agents speaking to the workers in Spanish, asking them which country they were from, in her East Charlotte front yard. The workers did not respond, and the agents did not make any arrests. Federal officials confirmed that a surge in immigration enforcement in the city had begun,