The granddaughter of Charlotte’s Web author E.B. White has blasted the Trump administration for naming a brutal immigration crackdown after the children’s classic.

In the 1952 book, Charlotte the spider spins words in her web to save a doomed pig. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials lifted the title for “Operation Charlotte’s Web,” a Border Patrol and ICE push in Charlotte, North Carolina, that officials say targets “criminal illegal aliens who flocked to the Tar Heel State because they knew sanctuary politicians would protect them.”

Martha White, who manages her grandfather’s literary estate, drew a stark line between the raids and the values at the heart of Charlotte’s Web. In a statement shared with CNN, White said the author “certainly didn’t believe in masked men, in un

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