Immigration
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Fear of Immigration Crackdowns Could Damper a Major Summer for Soccer in Charlotte
Soccer fandom peaks every four years with the FIFA World Cup. The “beautiful game,” a term popularized by legendary Brazilian fútboler Pelé in the 1970s, takes center stage globally as people proudly support their native countries or familial heritage. While American interest in this quadrennial tournament and the sport in…
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Charlotte Family Left in Limbo After ICE Detains Father Ahead of Asylum Hearing
April 7 was meant to be a day of anticipation for the Sidorov* family, asylum seekers who fled political persecution in Russia in 2022 and arrived in America through the CBP One program the following year. With their three school-aged children on spring break from school, parents Polina and Ivan…
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Nooze Hounds: Carolina Migrant Network Reflects on Trump 2.0
Following a year-long hiatus, Queen City Nerve’s Nooze Hounds podcast is back with our 100th episode. For this milestone, we brought back two guests who had not appeared with us on Nooze Hounds since our 35th episode in 2020. Stefania Arteaga and Becca O’Neill are co-founders of Carolina Migrant Network,…
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ESSAY: Building Bridges in a Divided World Starts Close to Home
On weekday mornings across Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, some parents now pause at the door. Do they send their children to school, or keep them home? Some workers take longer routes to jobs they have held for years. Some congregants hesitate before entering houses of worship that once felt unquestionably…
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5 Things to Know: Hundreds March Against ICE in Uptown
Hundreds March Against ICE in Uptown A few hundred people gathered in front of the Charles R. Jonas Federal Building in Uptown’s Third Ward on Friday to stand in solidarity with the people of Minneapolis in protesting recent actions there by federal immigration agents, including the killings of Keith Porter…
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Organizers Hold Vigil, Place Markers to Memorialize Victims of CBP Incursion
Boxed in by 8-foot-tall wooden canvases adorned with murals on all sides, a crowd of people gathered in TAOH Outdoor Gallery on Tuesday night, some warmed by cups of hot chocolate in their hands while others tried to keep candles lit in the breezy night. Packed closely together, the crowd…
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NC Rep. Carla Cunningham Files for Reelection, Facing Opposition
Rep. Carla Cunningham, the Democrat who faced a jeering hometown crowd this summer after delivering a controversial speech on the state House floor criticizing immigrants, is seeking an eighth term. She’ll likely be in a crowded primary field in House District 106 in Charlotte. Rev. Rodney Sadler filed campaign paperwork…
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OPINION: Why Charlotte Can’t Look Away From CBP Raids
Charlotte loves to call itself a beacon of diversity, a majority-minority city with bustling immigrant corridors, Black cultural legacy, and neighborhoods where dozens of languages spill out onto the same block. But beneath that bright narrative sits a truth we’ve been trained to overlook: a generations-deep pattern of over-policing, racialized…
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As Uncertainty Persists, Gov. Stein Demands Answers from Kristi Noem
As Uncertainty Persists, Gov. Stein Demands Answers from Kristi Noem Saturday marks a week since the arrival of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in Charlotte for the beginning of an immigration crackdown dubbed “Charlotte’s Web,” and an air of uncertainty looms over portions of the city as local and federal…
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With CBP Leaving Charlotte, Residents Shift Focus to Supporting Affected Communities
Over the past six days, as Customs & Border Protection (CBP) activity has continued throughout the city, focusing on Hispanic-heavy communities like those along the Central Avenue corridor, businesses that serve those communities have suffered. The closure of Manolo’s Bakery on Saturday afternoon made headlines, and the location has since…
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Protesters Call Out Home Depot, Hendrick for Empowering CBP Crackdown
As detainments continue to climb in the fifth day of the Customs & Border Protection’s (CBP) mass deportation operation in the city, community members have begun calling out corporations they say are empowering the federal government’s heavy-handed tactics. Led by Indivisible CLT, more than 100 people protested outside The Home…
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Reports: CBP Expected to Remain in Charlotte Until Friday
As federal agents with the Customs & Border Protection (CBP) have continued to round up and detain folks throughout the city on Monday, ABC News is reporting that the agency is planning to move their agents out of Charlotte on Friday, re-deploying them to New Orleans. The Department of Homeland…
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CBP Activates in Charlotte as Community Members Rally in Protest
With dozens of Customs & Border Protection (CBP) arrests reported throughout the city on Saturday, hundreds of community members hit the streets of Uptown to voice their solidarity with immigrant neighbors and decry the federal agency’s presence in Charlotte. WFAE reporter Nick de la Canal filmed the first confirmed sighting…
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CBP Mobilizing in Charlotte, Protest Planned
Following reports earlier this week that Customs & Border Protection (CBP) would be launching a mass deportation operation in Charlotte this month, Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden confirmed Thursday that the agency has informed him agents will begin arriving in the city as early as this weekend. McFadden insisted that…
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Local Leaders Respond to Potential CBP Deployment in Charlotte
Community members, elected officials, law enforcement and advocacy organizations are scrambling for answers following reports on Tuesday that US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is planning to deploy agents to the Queen City for a mass deportation operation the agency is calling “Charlotte’s Web.” CBS News was the first to…
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OPINION: A Life in the Shadows of North Carolina’s Fields
I was 14 the first time I worked in a tobacco field alongside my family. We entered a field we couldn’t see the end of. We slit holes in black trash bags to wear over our clothes, keeping us dry from the dew. The spray from the tractors across the…
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