After immigration officials arrested more than 130 people, some churches report being half empty, an after-school program canceled activities and one U.S. citizen said he started carrying his passport.

The agency said 44 of those people, who are suspected of being in the U.S. illegally, had criminal records, which The Post couldn’t immediately verify.

Federal immigration authorities will expand their enforcement action in North Carolina to Raleigh, the mayor said, while Customs and Border Protection agents continue operating in Charlotte.

The information contradicts the Trump administration's narrative that it is targeting the "worst of the worst" when conducting immigration enforcement. and seems to violate a 2022 federal consent decree that puts strong conditions on warrantless arrests.

Federal authorities conducted raids on Nov. 15 in the banking hub of Charlotte, North Carolina, the Department of Homeland Security said.

Federal officers carrying out immigration raids faced multiple vehicle ramming attacks in Charlotte on Monday, injuring at least one officer.

The figure is far greater than the estimate from the Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition, which said federal agents had detained just over 300 people throughout Oregon in October.

A top Border Patrol commander touted dozens of arrests in North Carolina's largest city on Sunday as Charlotte residents reported encounters with federal immigration agents near churches, apartment complexes and stores.