Manuel “Manolo” Betancur closed his Charlotte bakery for the first time in 28 years Saturday afternoon at the city’s arrival of U.S. Border Patrol agents, and he doesn’t know when he’ll reopen.
“The amount of fear that we have right now is no good,” Betancur told CharlotteFive outside Manolo’s Bakery in the 4400 block of Central Avenue, in the heart of Charlotte’s immigrant community.
“It’s not worth it to take that risk,” he said. “We need to protect our families and family separation.”…