Long lines reported outside local ICE office WSOC TV [Video]

CHARLOTTE — Since Wednesday, our partners at Telemundo Charlotte have been receiving reports of extraordinarily long lines at the city’s Homeland Security Office.

One viewer sent us a video showing officials turning away people, saying they were full.

Channel 9′s Eli Brand and Joe Bruno went to the building on Tyvola Centre Drive Thursday to see if the problem was there again. They said the lines were so long at one point, they wrapped behind a nearby hill.

Chaos in southwest Charlotte as hundreds of people try to get into the ICE office to have their cases heard ahead of President Donald Trump taking office on Monday. Some people have been sleeping in the parking lot trying to get a walk-in appointment @wsoctv pic.twitter.com/Ix7jNUtYEn

— Joe Bruno (@JoeBrunoWSOC9) January 16, 2025

When the doors opened at 8 a.m., it was 22 degrees outside.

A few of the people we spoke with said they’ve tried for the …