Immigration
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Extreme heat and workplace negligence: An immigrant farmworker’s story in NC
An immigrant farmworker’s story from Harnett County raises questions about how migrant laborers are treated in NC.
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An ICE facility could change this small town in Eastern North Carolina
A 1,320-bed ICE facility is set to open soon in eastern North Carolina, this time to house detainees for the White House’s mass deportation campaign.
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This western NC family says they paid $16K to an immigration attorney accused of running a scam
A local family says they’re waiting in limbo after paying an immigration attorney roughly $16,000 as part of a nationwide scam in which she branded herself as a “miracle worker” to those seeking legal status in the U.S.
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How a family swimming spot at Pisgah National Forest in NC became ‘a trap’ for an ICE raid
In western NC, ICE agents raided a swimming hole in Pisgah National Forest. Here’s what to know.
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Mexican man living in Durham dies of leukemia in ICE custody
A young Mexican man who lived in Durham and was in ICE custody died in a hospital in Augusta, Georgia, after developing an aggressive leukemia that quickly took his life.
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ICE expected to open mass detention facility in North Carolina, sparking anger, pushback
ICE will be reopening a for-profit prison in Winton, North Carolina, as one of the largest immigrant detention facilities on the East Coast, according to reports.
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Opinion: I went to an ICE detention center. There, I saw the real ‘immigration crisis’
Traveling to the federal detention center in Stewart County, Georgia, Iliana Santillán attended the hearing of a friend and emerged with a greater understanding of those detained by ICE.
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Opinion: Why no one will make North Carolina’s Latino community invisible
As the Trump administration targets people under the guise of immigration enforcement, many Latinos in N.C. are celebrating our communities and culture — despite the fear.
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SNAP cuts and ICE raids leave North Carolina children hungry
As federal raids swept immigrant neighborhoods and Republicans praised changes to SNAP, a small Charlotte nonprofit watched hunger spike among the children it serves.
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ICE deported two Durham kids and their parents after routine check-in, Siembra NC says
“This family was lured into the check-in office under a false pretense of safety, and they were ripped away from their lives, from their school, and deported in about 48 hours,” Siembra said.
