Source: Teo Armus, CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 2/18/19


A crowd of several hundred took to the streets Monday to protest increased immigration enforcement in North Carolina — and the paralyzing fear they said it had instilled in Charlotte’s immigrant communities. But even as they chanted “sin papeles, sin miedo” — no papers, no fear — while waving the flags of Mexico, Honduras and the U.S., many demonstrators said the feeling of terror they were out protesting had scared many more immigrants into staying home. Speaking over a microphone at a rally in Marshall Park, Elver Barrios, an organizer with Comunidad Colectiva, said that he refused to be intimidated by a crackdown...

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