Federal immigration agents on Saturday began operations in Charlotte, North Carolina, the latest target of President Trump's widening crackdown on illegal immigration, the Department of Homeland Security announced.

DHS said it officially launched an operation dubbed "Charlotte's Web" to target immigrants living in the Charlotte area illegally. CBS News first reported last week that the Trump administration was preparing to deploy teams of Border Patrol agents to Charlotte, including outspoken Commander Gregory Bovino, who had led a weekslong, controversial crackdown in the Chicago area.

"We are surging DHS law enforcement to Charlotte to ensure Americans are safe and public safety threats are removed," DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement. "There have been too many

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