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As President Donald Trump makes good on campaign promises to deport immigrants living in North Carolina and across the U.S. without proper documentation, a new report spotlighted the economic risks to Social Security and other programs relying on payroll tax revenues.

Report: Immigrants in NC, U.S. prop up Social Security, Medicare

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As President Donald Trump makes good on campaign promises to deport immigrants living in North Carolina and across the U.S. without proper documentation, a new report spotlighted the economic risks to Social Security and other programs relying on payroll tax revenues.
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Video: She left the US after 7 months in ICE detention. Here’s why she still wants to come back.

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After 7 months in ICE detention, a nursing student from NC talks about wanting to return home. 
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Video: Gen Z leader in NC says her peers are exhausted, but not checked out

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Cardinal & Pine talks with Hannah Preston of Influence NC about Gen Z and politics. 
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Video: Protesters removed from NC legislature over GOP-backed gerrymandering

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Protesters chanted “Racist maps make racist reps” outside a NC legislative meeting ahead of Republicans' vote to gerrymander the state's Congressional maps again.
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Billy Ball Explains NC: PFAS and why some NC politicians might be making you sicker

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In a new "Billy Ball Explains NC," we take a look at PFAS—aka "forever chemicals—their spread across North Carolina, and their connection to the 2026 US Senate race.