Seated on a Charlotte light rail train is Decarlos Brown Jr. Moments later, Iryna Zarutska, 23, boards and sits in front of Brown. She was wearing a work uniform, AirPods in, and looking down at her phone around 10 pm on an August night.

Wake County Public Schools Superintendent Robert P. Taylor issued guidance supporting student absences amid anxiety over recent ICE raids in North Carolina.

The mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina, said that federal agents will be continuing their operations in the area on Tuesday.

Federal immigration authorities will expand their enforcement action in North Carolina to Raleigh, the mayor said, while Customs and Border Protection agents continue operating in Charlotte.

Federal immigration authorities will expand their enforcement action in North Carolina to Raleigh. That’s according to the mayor of the state’s capital city, who says the expansion could come as soon as Tuesday.

The Trump administration has a name for its immigration sweep in North Carolina’s largest city. They’re calling it “Operation Charlotte’s Web.” But the granddaughter of the author who wrote the classic children’s tale “Charlotte’s Web” is pushing back.

Republican North Carolina Senate candidate Michael Whatley blamed Democratic foe former Gov. Roy Cooper for recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Charlotte. ICE arrested at least 120 illegal immigrants in Charlotte and planned to go to Raleigh on Wednesday.

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents fanned out across North Carolina's largest city over the week, detaining 81 people in a single day.