"On Central Avenue in Charlotte, North Carolina, Manolo's Bakery has become a focal point for resistance to the upscaled immigration raids since border patrol officers descended on the city at the weekend. The owner closed the bakery to prevent his staff from being targeted. Most of the other shops on Charlotte's busy immigrant-centric street followed suit. Dozens of people have taken up camp in the parking lot to wave signs of support for immigrants."
"Some of his friends have been lost to the enforcement raids, he said. Ortiz waved two huge Puerto Rican flags at cars driving by on Wednesday. One had a frog making off with the star, chiming with the tongue-in-cheek costume themes that have emerged at recent anti-ICE protests. He said he was about ready to walk around with them like a cape in case agents decided to arrest him a third time."
Manolo's Bakery on Central Avenue closed to protect staff as border patrol and ICE intensified enforcement. Most immigrant-focused shops on the street shut in solidarity. Dozens camped in the bakery parking lot, waving signs and protesting the raids. ICE has conducted enforcement in the city for months, but the arrival of border patrol increased armed patrols and public shows of force. Agents stopped and detained residents while community members honked warnings. Puerto Rican resident Gerardo Ortiz was detained twice, had his hands tied, was carted 20 blocks and later released, and described feeling stripped of liberty and deeply shaken. Protesters used flags and costume humor to signal resistance.
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