Federal prosecutors file new charges against ICE protesters in Charlotte

By Ryan Oehrli

Updated November 25, 2025 3:22 PM

Border Patrol in Charlotte

U.S. Border Patrol began making rounds in Charlotte on Saturday morning.

This follows recent Border Patrol activity in Chicago that made headlines, with some reports alleging agents violated people’s rights.

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Two people who protested at Charlotte’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement office on Nov. 16 face new charges.

On Monday, federal prosecutors alleged in a bill of information that 44-year-old Heather Morrow and 25-year-old William Stanley committed four misdemeanors at the ICE office on Tyvola Centre Drive:

Obstructing the use of entrances on federal property.
Impeding and disrupting the performance of official duties of government employees.
Failing to comply with the lawful direction of an authorized individual.
Assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, intimidating and interfering with persons performing official duties.

Prosecutors previously charged Morrow, a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools bus driver, with felony assault, resist, or impede a federal officer. They dismissed that charge, but filed the new bill of information on Monday.

Her attorney, Xavier T. de Janon, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

From a court filing, this picture is a screenshot from a video. It shows someone arrested at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office on Tyvola Centre Drive. Protesters were there after Border Patrol agents came to Charlotte.

He previously told The Charlotte Observer that she suffers from fibromyalgia, shingles and arthritis, and that she would not be able to physically do what prosecutors accused her of in the original criminal complaint.

A 49-second video that Morrow shared with the Observer last week showed someone in a police vest telling protesters in the parking lot to “get out of the way.”

After one person pushed back against a truck trying to drive into the lot, and after protesters argued with the agents, Morrow got tackled and another person got pinned to a vehicle and arrested.

Ryan Oehrli covers criminal justice in the Charlotte region for The Charlotte Observer. His work is produced with financial support from the nonprofit The Just Trust. The Observer maintains full editorial control of its journalism.

This story was originally published November 25, 2025 at 5:00 AM.

Ryan Oehrli

The Charlotte Observer

Ryan Oehrli writes about criminal justice for The Charlotte Observer. His reporting has delved into police misconduct, jail and prison deaths, the state’s pardon system and more. He was also part of a team of Pulitzer finalists who covered Hurricane Helene. A North Carolina native, he grew up in Beaufort County.