"Many communities in Charlotte, North Carolina, were reeling after federal Customs and Border Protection teams descended on the city at the weekend and arrested at least 81 people while normally-thriving immigrant enclaves and business districts came to a standstill. Federal agents were deployed in what the Department of Homeland Security, the parent agency of Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), calls Operation Charlotte's Web, sparking protests."
"For the first time in 28 years, the popular Manolo's Bakery closed for the weekend. Our city has gone from a thriving city to a standstill, Charlotte city council member-elect JD Mazuera Arias said in a telephone interview as he drove to the bakery to be in solidarity with his community as people came out to demonstrate against the crackdown. Owner Manolo Betancur told the Charlotte Observer that we need to protect our families [from] family separation."
Federal Customs and Border Protection teams conducted a weekend enforcement operation in Charlotte that resulted in at least 81 arrests and widespread disruption of immigrant enclaves and business districts. The operation, identified as Operation Charlotte's Web by the Department of Homeland Security, prompted public protests and viral social media footage showing people chased or apprehended outside local businesses. Longstanding establishments like Manolo's Bakery closed for the first time in 28 years. Incidents in east Charlotte included an apparent citizen being pulled from his truck and later released. Local business owners report steep declines in customers and growing fear about family separation tied to deportation actions.
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