I wrote about Joe Bruno before. He's a reporter at a Charlotte, North Carolina, network affiliate and passed along that Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools estimated that approximately 20,935 students were absent from school on Monday due to ICE's presence in the city. In another post I published, an elementary school teacher in Charlotte said just four of his 16 homeroom students showed up on Monday.
Bruno was back with another report on Operation: Charlotte's Web. One of the best places to get a taco in Charlotte has decided to close due to the CBP operation.
Tacos El Nevado, frequently voted as one of Charlotte’s best places to get a taco, has decided to close due to the CBP operation pic.twitter.com/TO9XoRlV5n
— Joe Bruno (@JoeBrunoWSOC9) November 19, 2025
I wonder why? They could be selling tacos to hungry ICE agents.
Why would this restaurant close due to a CBP operation?
— Slaps Stroganoff (@SlapsStroganoff) November 19, 2025
Funny I know several restaurants in the vicinity of ICE activity and not a single one closed.
— WaltsGhost (@Walts_Ghost) November 19, 2025
Hmmmm. pic.twitter.com/BscBf2HRf9
So if I make good tacos I get to break the law? Interesting.
— Soapy (@SoapySix) November 19, 2025
Right over the target, so to speak.
— Teji Johnson (@1600in4) November 20, 2025
We can bring in Mexicans to make tacos on visas if necessary, though I have made some banger tacos myself. Very simple food. But definitely not worth harboring illegals over.
— Roscoe Langmore 🇺🇸(Slava Carolina) (@LangmoreRoscoe) November 20, 2025
Now why would they close up due to CBP operations? 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
— BKactual (@BravoKiloActual) November 19, 2025
I'll take "business was bad already but blame the CBP for it" for $5000, Alex.
— Chris Suyenaga (@ChrisSuyenaga) November 19, 2025
Tacos, the notoriously difficult-to-make meal.
— Chris "Brutal American" A. (@cmalex79) November 19, 2025
Matt Van Swol is our unofficial correspondent from North Carolina.
🚨#BREAKING: Hundreds of constructions sites are sitting completely empty in Charlotte NC today.
— Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) November 19, 2025
HUNDREDS of them. pic.twitter.com/KqU0umYZ7g
Wow. What was Charlotte hiding and how many people knew about this prior to the ICE action?
— Simon Unleashed (@SimonSaysKnow) November 19, 2025
The project owners were probably paying for prevailing wages, or close to it, while their contractor was paying half that amount to illegal workers under the table. In this case, empty job sites are probably signs of progress.
— Bilgerat (@RandyJo72373879) November 19, 2025
Good. Now hire Americans to fill these jobs.
— Coldcutplay (@coldcutplay) November 19, 2025
Do any Americans live in North Carolina?
— FerfeLaBat (@FerfeLaBat) November 19, 2025
I thought I remembered a movie a long time ago called A Day Without Immigrants, but when I looked it up, I saw that there was a protest on February 3, 2025, called A Day Without Immigrants. It obviously didn't affect many people, because this is the first I've heard of it.
I could go for a good taco right about now, but I'd prefer it to be from a restaurant that hires Mexican Americans.
I never realized Charlotte was such a hotbed of illegal immigration. ICE apparently knew.
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