Mavie Marcos

Just a few miles from the center of uptown Charlotte, Camp North End sprawls across 76 acres. It’s a mix of historic brick, steel, natural wood, and wildflowers. Before it became home to bakeries, co-working spaces and indoor pickleball courts, this site played a critical role in America’s burgeoning car industry and World War II-era military supply chains.

Over the past several months, immigration enforcement activity, both real and rumored, has frightened communities across Charlotte. Latino residents, regardless of status, have been adjusting their daily lives. Many have reduced shopping, gathering and other public activities. While headlines often focus on political arguments and border statistics, the local consequences are playing out quietly, in corner stores, laundromats and bakeries.