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Charlotte, North Carolina reels as 81 people arrested in immigration raids​

Charlotte is the state’s largest city, home to a steadily growing and diverse population. Over the weekend, videos circulated on social media that showed people being chased or simply picked up by federal agents outside of various local businesses.

For the first time in 28 years, the popular Manolo’s Bakery closed for the weekend.

In east Charlotte, a predominantly Latino neighborhood, Willy Aceituno captured a video of US border patrol agents smashing his car window on Saturday morning, while bystanders recorded footage of him being pulled out of his pickup truck, thrown to the ground and handcuffed while he shouted: “I am a citizen.” Aceituno, a Honduran-born US citizen, was later released.

Speaking on the phone from one of the laundromats he owns in east Charlotte on Saturday morning, David Rebolloso fought back tears.

“People are nervous just because of the tactics. Even me. I’m brown-skinned and I’m an American citizen and I’m a [military] vet. But here I’m thinking: should I be carrying my passport with me?”

“We do not need to have border patrol,” said state representative Aisha Dew at a press conference on Friday. “I’m not quite sure what border we’re patrolling here ... We don’t have borders here in North Carolina that need to be protected.”