Federal officials also used the book's title to describe the immigration crackdown in the North Carolina city.

The agency said 44 of those people, who are suspected of being in the U.S. illegally, had criminal records, which The Post couldn’t immediately verify.

Willy Aceituno, a Charlotte resident, is disputing claims made by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regarding the footage of his recent interaction with Border Patrol agents. He asserts he was "not at all erratic" and argues his actions were in self-defense.

Martha White, the granddaughter of “Charlotte’s Web” author E.B. White, slammed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for using the novel’s name to refer to its Charlotte, N.C., immigration enforcement operation.

After immigration officials arrested more than 130 people, some churches report being half empty, an after-school program canceled activities and one U.S. citizen said he started carrying his passport.

In the popular children’s book “Charlotte’s Web,” the title character, a spider, uses her web as an instrument of good to help secure the freedom of Wilbur, a pig on her farm.

A tense exchange caught on video shows a woman challenging a Homeland Security Investigations agent about immigration arrests as crowds surrounded officers during Operation Charlotte’s Web. (Oliya Sco