What legal rights do you have in encounters with ICE?
Here's what you need to know about your constitutional protections from immigration stops and detentions by ICE.
Jan
2026
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IMMIGRATION
Jan
2026
26
NC Dems condemn fatal shooting by Border Patrol, while Republicans stay mostly silent
Amid the growing outcry over the shooting of Alex Pretti, Republican Thom Tillis called for a bipartisan investigation, but most other North Carolina Republicans seemed to ignore it.
Jan
2026
22
Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, memo says
Federal immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to forcibly enter people's homes without a judge's warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press.
Dec
2025
12
NC father set to be released after being detained by ICE and suffering medical emergency
David Cardenas was detained in Charlotte last week, but was hospitalized due to severe medical issues and blocked from seeing his family.
Dec
2025
5
ICE begins a ‘clear escalation’ of arrests in the Triangle, Siembra NC says
The arrests have included several people who were in the final stages of the process to gain legal status, the immigrant rights group says.
Dec
2025
4
More industries want a break from Trump immigration policies
The Trump administration gave a break to farms after his immigration crackdown left them short on workers. Now other industries are asking for the same break from Trump immigration policies.
Dec
2025
1
ICE to send 50 more agents to Raleigh, immigrant rights group says
Siembra NC says it expects ICE to increase its presence in the city even if they may not engage in the “racial profiling” seen during last month’s Border Patrol raids.
Nov
2025
25
Opinion: Has the campaign of fear against Latinos in NC awoken a sleeping giant?
Brutal treatment and indiscriminate policing by federal law enforcement shown across social media has galvanized thousands of Latinos in NC and beyond.
Nov
2025
24
‘A hornet’s nest of rebellion’: How Charlotte’s show of solidarity against Border Patrol ignited a grassroots defense
When federal immigration agents swept into Charlotte, residents mobilized overnight with an intergenerational response that transformed fear into a remarkable grassroots defense effort.
Nov
2025
19
Arrest details in NC rebut Border Patrol’s ‘worst of the worst’ claims
The News and Observer reported on Tuesday that one of the young women arrested had no criminal record and fled violence in Honduras when she was a kid.
What legal rights do you have in encounters with ICE?
| January 27, 2026
Here's what you need to know about your constitutional protections from immigration stops and detentions by ICE.
NC Dems condemn fatal shooting by Border Patrol, while Republicans stay mostly silent
| January 26, 2026
Amid the growing outcry over the shooting of Alex Pretti, Republican Thom Tillis called for a bipartisan investigation, but most other North Carolina Republicans seemed to ignore it.
Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, memo says
| January 22, 2026
Federal immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to forcibly enter people's homes without a judge's warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press.
NC father set to be released after being detained by ICE and suffering medical emergency
| December 12, 2025
David Cardenas was detained in Charlotte last week, but was hospitalized due to severe medical issues and blocked from seeing his family.
ICE begins a ‘clear escalation’ of arrests in the Triangle, Siembra NC says
| December 5, 2025
The arrests have included several people who were in the final stages of the process to gain legal status, the immigrant rights group says.
More industries want a break from Trump immigration policies
| December 4, 2025
The Trump administration gave a break to farms after his immigration crackdown left them short on workers. Now other industries are asking for the same break from Trump immigration policies.