As of noon Thursday, ICE and Border Patrol have engaged in operations from Lenoir to Raleigh, largely avoiding Asheville and much of Western North Carolina. But both agencies are generating a climate of fear statewide, regardless of the city they choose to target.
Department of Homeland Security officials announced the initial Queen City action, dubbed “Operation Charlotte’s Web,” on Nov. 15, wherein Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said agents had arrived to ensure “Americans are safe and public safety threats are removed.”
According to the Migration Policy Institute, “a growing volume of research demonstrates that not only do immigrants commit fewer crimes, but they also do not raise crime rates in the U.S. communities where they settle.”…