US Border Patrol agents approach landscapers in the yard of Rheba Hamilton's Charlotte home Saturday morning. Courtesy Rheba Hamilton

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 a quiet Charlotte, North Carolina, neighborhood.

Suddenly, a gray minivan – doors already ajar – made a sharp stop at the corner . Two federal agents emerged and asked the landscapers for their papers. Hamilton joined the men on the lawn and started recording. Shortly after, the agents retreated.

The abruptness of the incident took Hamilton by surprise, mirroring the shock local officials and residents felt as Charlotte became the latest city caught up this year in a string of targeted immi

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