81 Arrested To Kick Off Aggressive ‘Charlotte’s Web’ Deportation Operation Targeting Illegal Immigrants

The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Operation Charlotte’s Web, launched Saturday to target illegal immigrants with criminal records, has already led to dozens of arrests.

The operation “will target the criminal illegal aliens who flocked to the Tar Heel State because they knew sanctuary politicians would protect them and allow them to roam free on American streets,” a Saturday DHS press release reads. Eighty-one arrests were made in connection to the operation on Saturday alone, The New York Times reported.

The operation was led over the weekend by Chief Border Patrol Agent Greg Bovino, who also led recent similar deportation raids in Los Angeles and Chicago, according to the outlet.

“Americans should be able to live without fear of violent criminal illegal aliens hurting them, their families, or their neighbors,” DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement. “We are surging DHS law enforcement to Charlotte to ensure Americans are safe and public safety threats are removed. There have been too many victims of criminal illegal aliens. President Trump and Secretary Noem will step up to protect Americans when sanctuary politicians won’t.”

DHS’s Saturday press release included photos and profiles of seven criminal illegal immigrants — including men arrested for pedophilia and murder — the release dubbed the “worst of the worst.” It also stated they were all released “back on to North Carolina’s streets” because authorities refused to honor detainers from