In one video that has gone viral, ICE agents can be seen surrounding Bear Creek Arsenal and checking the identification of anyone trying to leave the property, including Sanford resident Christian Canales, who filmed the video. Image: Courtesy of Christian Canales
At least thirty people were arrested and up to seventy persons detained at Bear Creek Arsenal the morning of February 5, 2019, during an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) workplace raid that started there at 8 am and possibly at other Sanford, North Carolina factories as well.
The presence of ICE was visible on the roads on Tuesday, February 5, with clearly marked vehicles setting up several checkpoints in this rural community located 35 miles south of Chapel Hill in North Carolina’s Piedmont region.
