President Donald Trump's administration conducted an immigration crackdown on Sunday in Charlotte, North Carolina, that some protesters described as "causing unnecessary fear and uncertainty."
The Trump administration announced on Saturday that it was "surging" immigration agents into Charlotte as part of an operation it dubbed "Charlotte's Web." Homeland Security official Tricia McLaughlin said that the operation was being conducted because local law enforcement was not honoring DHS' detention requests for more than 1,400 people.
The actions generated outrage and protests on Sunday, according to reports.
An advocacy group called Siembra NC decried the government’s actions as “a day of shame," according to a report by The Charlotte Observer. They added that more immigrants were arrested on Saturday than on any other day in the city's history.
People who witnessed immigration agents arresting community members also spoke out. For instance, two men were arrested outside of Dany’s Supermarket off The Plaza after they tried using an ATM there, The Observer reported.
“They were behaving," Grover Stinson, who witnessed the event, told the outlet. They weren’t doing anything,”