The Trump administration is facing an internal backlash over brutal immigration tactics in a key purple state.

Aggressive ICE raids in Charlotte, North Carolina, have led to ongoing protests and a disagreement in law enforcement over future raids.

The DHS said they had arrested 130 people in two days, including gang members and violent criminals from the Charlotte community, calling them “some of the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens.”

The operation, dubbed Charlotte’s Web, has provoked concern from Republicans as the immigration sweep is one of the first to take place in a purple state that will help to decide the Senate in next year’s midterm elections.

Last week, a local sheriff claimed the immigration raids were done, only for Department of Homeland Security assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin to insist, “The operation is not over, and it is not ending anytime soon.”

Former GOP Gov. Pat McCrory has spoken out about the optics of masked ICE agents arresting a man who said he was a U.S. citizen at a Charlotte shopping center.

The man had warned locals that Border Patrol was operating in the area before they turned their attention to him.

Gregory Bovino, a senior Border Patrol official, was seen in a Home Depot parking lot with over a dozen officers, stating they were looking for criminals.

“Republicans had the upper hand on immigration, as long as they were going after the criminals and the gangs, but I think they’re losing the upper hand on that issue because of the apparent disjointed implementation of arrest,” McCrory said.

“From a PR and political standpoint, for the first time, immigration is maybe having a negative impact on my party.”

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Another Republican, Edwin Peacock III, also said the Charlotte raids were leaving “a real sour aftertaste” with voters.

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