Source: Dana Terry, Amanda Magnus & Frank Stasio, WUNC, 3/7/19


U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested more than 200 people around North Carolina in early February. And according to new reporting, this action had a noticeable impact on local commerce in western North Carolina.  A flea market in Fletcher named Smiley’s is a Sunday tradition for many in Henderson County, and after the raids, Latinx shoppers and venders were noticeably missing. Blue Ridge Public Radio reporter and Morning Edition host Cass Herrington visited the flea market, which she describes as an unlikely mix of western North Carolina with Central America at which people sell tools and...

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