"'We've seen masked, heavily armed agents in paramilitary garb driving unmarked cars, targeting American citizens based on their skin colour, racially profiling and picking up random people in parking lots,' Stein said on Sunday. 'This is not making us safer.'
The city's mayor, also a Democrat, urged federal agents to operate with 'respect' for the city's values. She also commended those who came out in droves on Saturday to protest the Trump administration's actions in the city.
'I am deeply concerned with many of the videos I've seen,' Mayor Vi Lyles said. 'To everyone in Charlotte who is feeling anxious or fearful: you are not alone. Your city stands with you.'
DHS has not said how long the raids will last. Chicago's crackdown started in September and is still ongoing. Like other cities subject to immigration crackdowns, some migrants in Charlotte are staying home for fear of federal agents in the city, according to local media reports.
Stein says he's monitoring reports that the operation will come to Raleigh, another North Carolina city, next.
'Once again, I call on federal agents to target violent criminals, not neighbors walking down the street, going to church, or putting up Christmas decorations,' he wrote."
~ Sakshi Venkatraman
"More than 250 arrested in Charlotte as immigration crackdown escalates"
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