The federal operation known as Operation Charlotte’s Web is exactly the kind of no-nonsense enforcement Americans voted for, and it deserves praise, not hand-wringing. Federal agents surged into Charlotte to do the one thing local politicians refuse to do: enforce the law.
Reports show the operation produced significant results in its early days, with Border Patrol and DHS making well over a hundred arrests in the Charlotte area as the sweep continued across the state. Those figures—rising into the hundreds according to multiple outlets—underscore that this was not theater but real action to remove people who are in the country illegally.
Conservatives should applaud Secretary Kristi Noem and the Department of Homeland Security for ending failed parole programs that turned parts of America into magnets for illegal migration. The previous hands-off approach only invited more chaos, strained schools and hospitals, and rewarded those who flout our laws; reversing that policy is common-sense governance.
This isn’t about cruelty; it’s about public safety. DHS officials have made clear the mission targets criminal illegal aliens and those who have exploited parole programs, and the surge into Charlotte was framed as protecting American communities when local leaders refuse to act. The federal government has a duty to step in when sanctuary policies prioritize politics over people’s safety.
Of course the left and the media are shrieking about disruption and fear—that’s their reflex when law and order arrive on their doorstep. Local officials who applaud sanctuary postures but then complain when federal agents fill the vacuum they created should be called out for their hypocrisy; elected leaders who put ideology ahead of citizens’ safety must be held accountable.
The broader lesson is simple: deterrence works and enforcement matters. When the federal government shows it will act, it sends a message to would-be illegal entrants and to jurisdictions that think they can opt out of federal law. That is a policy outcome conservatives should celebrate because it protects working-class Americans and restores some measure of order to overwhelmed communities.
Americans who love their country should stand with the men and women enforcing the law and demand that politicians stop treating border and immigration policy as a virtue signal. Charlotte’s Web is the kind of decisive action this nation needs more of—firm, lawful, and unapologetically focused on the safety and prosperity of citizens.
