US EditionVolunteer Patrols and the PTA at School Entrances: How some Charlotte Residents Are Mobilizing Amid the Immigration Crackdown
Agents have arrested 250 individuals during a week-long immigration enforcement operation, including two U.S. citizens detained after a vehicle-related incident, officials said.
- On Wednesday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents conducted a sweep in Charlotte, North Carolina, with Homeland Security officials saying there have been 250 arrests so far.
- Operation Charlotte's Web is an illegal-immigration crackdown with Department of Homeland Security agents in Charlotte since Saturday, expected to remain until Friday.
- Channel 9 and other witnesses recorded two U.S. citizens detained Monday in Plaza Midwood after agents initiated a traffic stop, extracted and arrested them.
- More than 30,000 students missed school on Monday, about 20% of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, while Siembra NC and local volunteer groups organized trainings with over 1,000 registrations and OurBRIDGE suspended afterschool programs.
- With businesses shuttered, community leaders warn of economic harm as about half of mom-and-pop businesses have closed and protests display flags from Honduras, Colombia and Mexico with volunteers using whistles.
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Volunteer patrols and the PTA at school entrances: How some Charlotte residents are mobilizing amid the immigration crackdown
By Dalia Faheid, Andy Buck, Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — The pews of the Charlotte church were packed as onlookers watched a man restrain a woman while a group in bright vests furiously blew their whistles and filmed the interaction, chanting, “La migra esta aqui.” Another group loudly sang, “This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.” Clapping then erupted from the crowd. The scene was among several role-play scenarios hundreds watched…
The benches of Charlotte’s church were crowded as the spectators watched a man holding a woman and a group in shiny vests sound furiously their whistles and film the interaction, chanting: “The Migra is here.” Another group sang loudly: “This little light of mine, I’m going to let it shine” (“This little light of mine, I’m going to let it shine”). Then the crowd burst into applause.
Volunteer patrols and the PTA at school entrances: How Charlotte residents are mobilizing during the immigration crackdown
(CNN) — The pews of the Charlotte church were packed as onlookers watched a man restrain a woman while a group in bright vests furiously blew their whistles and filmed the interaction, chanting, “La migra esta aqui.”
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