CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — U.S. immigration agents arrested more than 130 people in a weekend sweep through North Carolina’s largest city , a federal official said Monday, as the governor warned that the crackdown is simply “stoking fear.”

The Trump administration has made Charlotte, a Democratic city of about 950,000 people, its latest focus for an immigration enforcement surge it says will combat crime, despite fierce objections from local leaders and declining crime rates . City residents reported encounters with immigration agents near churches, apartment complexes and stores.

“We’ve seen masked, heavily armed agents in paramilitary garb driving unmarked cars, targeting American citizens based on their skin color, racially profiling and picking up random people in parking l

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