Charlotte’s small business community is reeling as federal immigration agents launched a large-scale operation, leaving empty streets and shuttered storefronts.
The highly publicized crackdown, known as Operation Charlotte’s Web, has sparked backlash from small business owners and city officials, who say the raids have disrupted local commerce and created fear in immigrant communities.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told Newsweek on November 19 that as of Tuesday evening, Border Patrol had arrested more than 250 individuals over the first four days of the operation…