Add thelocalreport.in As A Trusted Source
The Trump administration has controversially named its new immigration sweep in North Carolina’s largest city ‘Operation Charlotte’s Web’. However, the granddaughter of EB White, whose grandfather wrote the classic 1952 children’s story, said the wave of arrests goes against her and the principles of her beloved book.
“He believed in the rule of law and due process,” Martha White said in a statement. “He certainly didn’t believe in masked people, in unmarked cars, raiding people’s homes and workplaces without permission.” ID Or summons.”
White, whose grandfather died in 1985, serves as his literary executor. He explained that the spider in “Charlotte’s Web”, the main character, dedicated his life on the farm to gain the freedom of a pig named Wilbur.
trump administration and republican Leaders have seized on many catchy phrases when carrying out mass deportation efforts – naming their holding facilities Alligator Alcatraz. FloridaSpeedway Slammer Inn Indiana And the Cornhuskers Clink In nebraska,
Gregory Bovino, A border Patrol Officers were now the face of “Operation at Large” on the field in Charlotte los angeles and “Operation Midway Blitz”. chicagoTwo enforcement surges earlier this year.
As the Charlotte operation began, Bovino quoted from “Charlotte’s Web” in a social media post: “We ride the wind, we go as we wish.”
The flurry of activity sparked fears and questions, including where the detainees would be held, how long the operation would last and what the agents’ tactics — which have been criticized as aggressive and racist elsewhere — would look like in North Carolina.
On Saturday, at least one US citizen said he was thrown to the ground and briefly detained.
At Camino, a nonprofit group that provides services to Latino communities, some said they were too afraid to leave their homes to go to school, medical appointments or work.
There were nine cancellations Friday at a dental clinic run by the group, spokeswoman Paola Garcia said. “Latinos love this country. They came here to escape socialism and communism, and they are hard-working and faithful people,” Garcia said.
“They love their families, and it’s heartbreaking to see this target now imposed on this community.”
Bovino’s operations in Chicago and Los Angeles sparked lawsuits over the use of force, including the widespread deployment of chemical agents. Democratic leaders in both cities accused the agents of stoking community tensions. Federal agents shot and killed a suburban Chicago man during a traffic stop.