(CNN) — Rheba Hamilton was sipping coffee on her porch Saturday morning as she watched the two workers she‘d hired begin draping her front yard tree with lights in the quiet Charlotte, North Carolina, neighborhood.

Suddenly, a gray minivan — doors already ajar — sped to a sharp stop at the corner . Two federal agents emerged and asked the landscapers for their papers. The moment happened in a flash, the agents retreating shortly after Hamilton joined the men on the lawn and started recording.

The abruptness of the incident took Hamilton by surprise, mirroring the shock local officials and residents felt as Charlotte was selected as the latest city in a string of targeted immigration actions this year. Here is where things stand as immigration operations spread across the state, and

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