Earlier this year, Yesenia Rios moved into her first home, a three-bedroom house in Kannapolis. The atmosphere on moving day felt a bit like a block party. Parked cars lined the street and dozens of people, from elected officials to church leaders, gathered in her front yard to celebrate. This day came after years of […]

Hundreds of thousands of people have been expelled at the U.S.-Mexico border over the past three years under a public health measure, Title 42, meant to control the spread of COVID-19. The pandemic-era policy is expected to end on May 11, and that could mean a substantial increase in people crossing the border into the […]

The Midwood International and Cultural Center on Central Avenue once housed more than a dozen nonprofit groups, many of which served Charlotte’s immigrant and arts communities. That was before Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools sold the site to a development company, Conformity Corporation, in 2021. Remaining tenants must vacate the site by June, and a property broker is […]

An obscure legal tool used by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to demand data from a wide range of entities was the subject of a WIRED.com investigation this month. While the tool, known as a 1509 summons, is intended for customs enforcement, like verifying the payment of import duties, "WIRED" found that ICE had also probed elementary […]

Today marks the end of Title 42, the Trump-era public health policy used to expel millions of people at the U.S.-Mexico border. That could mean more people entering the country to seek asylum. Charlotte-area nonprofits say they’re already seeing an increase in new arrivals from the border and more support is needed to provide emergency […]