Reports from the Triangle included federal agents apprehending people in Cary and North Raleigh.
Businesses across the Triangle also closed for the day out of caution. Several chose not to open on Wednesday. Some shops along Chatham Street in Cary were shuttered, and others in downtown Raleigh, like El Toro Loco Taqueria, posted online that they were closing for the safety of the Latino community.
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Durham Public Schools (DPS) reported low attendance numbers Tuesday among Latino students district wide.
"They are fearful of walking to school and getting detained or questions. Somebody putting a gun in their face," Carmon Ramon, a counselor with DPS, said. "They are fearful of their parents going to work."
Raleigh Mayor Janet Cowell said in a statement on Monday that federal agents were expected to continue their operations in her city on Tuesday after they fanned across nearby Charlotte over the weekend.
Cowell, a Democrat, said the federal action was not requested.
"As the capital city, it is important to us that everyone who lives, works, plays, and learns in Raleigh feels safe," Cowell said. "We have been made aware that Customs and Border Protection are coming to Raleigh. While the Raleigh Police Department is not involved in immigration enforcement, we are committed to protecting our residents and to following the law."
The immigration enforcement surge in the Charlotte area has led to the arrests of over 250 illegal immigrants as of Monday, a U.S. Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told ABC11 in a statement.
Greg Bovino, the commander-at-large of CBP, is blaming North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein for what he said was an increase in violent rhetoric that federal agents are facing in their immigration enforcement blitz in the state.
Bovino took to social media on Tuesday to slam Stein, a Democrat who released a statement over the weekend asking residents of the Tar Heel State to report any "inappropriate behavior" they witness from federal agents.
"If you see any inappropriate behavior, use your phones to record and notify local law enforcement, who will continue to keep our communities safe after these federal agents leave," Stein said.
In a social media post, Bovino told Stein, "You need to check yourself," and cited an online video of a woman threatening to use a screwdriver to stab U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents if they pull her over.
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"Governor Stein, you caused this," Bovino said in the post. "Let me say that again, Governor. When you spout lies about a lawful law enforcement operation, you spark something in weaker-minded people like this who may act upon your direction."
Bovino did not specifically say what statements from Stein prompted his social media response.
On Sunday, Stein issued a statement, saying, "We've seen masked, heavily armed agents in paramilitary garb driving unmarked cars, targeting American citizens based on their skin color, racially profiling, and picking up random people in parking lots and off of our sidewalks."
Bovino's warning to Stein came after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) cited two incidents this week in Charlotte in which people allegedly rammed the vehicles of federal agents or drove directly at the agents.
Federal agents are expected to stay in North Carolina until Friday, according to preliminary information from federal authorities. By the end of the week, about 200 agents are expected to be redeployed to New Orleans to begin "Operation Catahoula Crunch" in the Big Easy, according to multiple law enforcement sources.
ABC News contributed to this report.