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The federal operation in Charlotte — dubbed “Charlotte’s Web” — is exactly the kind of decisive action Americans have been begging for. For years soft-on-crime sanctuary politics have allowed dangerous criminals to hide in plain sight, and honest citizens have paid the price in safety and peace of mind. It’s time to put the rule of law back in front of the camera-ready virtue signaling.
Homeland Security and Border Patrol reported substantial results in the first days of the surge, with authorities saying more than a hundred arrests within 48 hours and totals climbing even higher as the effort continued. These are not garden-variety paperwork cases; the administration has repeatedly said the roundup targeted people with serious criminal histories and repeat illegal re-entries.
Local officials and the media scrambled to spin confusion about whether the operation had ended, with the Mecklenburg County sheriff saying federal agents had left while DHS bluntly denied the action was over. That spat only proves a broader point: federal law enforcement must be allowed to do its job, and partisan local leaders cannot be permitted to undermine public safety with political posturing. The mixed messages from city hall and the press are not an argument against enforcement — they’re an argument for more of it.
The administration, including DHS leadership, has been clear that this is about protecting Americans from violent offenders and repeat deportees who return to prey on our neighborhoods. Conservatives who have been warning that open-borders policies invite crime should be proud to see the government finally using the tools at its disposal to remove those threats. When uniformed agents are forced into ugly headlines, remember who caused the problem by turning a blind eye.
Yes, some businesses shuttered and schools reported absentee spikes as fearful communities sheltered in place — predictable reactions when lawlessness is suddenly confronted. Predictable or not, the temporary disruption of comfortable complacency is a small price compared with the permanent harm that unchecked illegal immigration has inflicted on families and taxpayers. The optics journalists clutch their pearls about don’t change the fact that dangerous people were taken off the streets.
DHS has publicly cited charges ranging from gang membership and aggravated assault to DUI and illegal re-entry among those arrested, underscoring the public-safety rationale for the operation. Law-abiding Americans deserve leaders who prioritize victims over politics, and removing repeat offenders is commonsense enforcement, not cruelty. If the left wants to pretend this is some new cruelty, Republicans should answer by pointing to the arrest records and the families that will no longer live in fear.
This is the moment for conservatives to stop apologizing and to start owning the results of law-and-order policy. Stand with the officers who risk their lives, with the taxpayers who fund our institutions, and with the neighborhoods that deserve safety first. Keep the pressure on sanctuary politicians and the spin machine; public safety is not negotiable and Charlotte’s Web is the right kind of net to catch those who threaten it.
