Filing for asylum is a lengthy and often tedious process, especially if English isn’t your first language. That’s why the Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy hosted its first free asylum clinic to help these immigrants meet the strict filing deadline.
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OurBRIDGE for Kids, an after-school program for immigrant and refugee students, is expanding to a second site as those populations grow in Charlotte.
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The process of becoming a U.S. citizen can be long, difficult and expensive for many. That's why national, North Carolina and Charlotte organizations are working together to make applying for and becoming a citizen more accessible.
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The announcement is part of a shift in strategy under the Biden administration that puts a new emphasis on going after businesses and employers that violate labor laws.
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Golden Door Scholars, a nonprofit that provides financial assistance to college students who are in the U.S. illegally, is accepting applications until Oct. 10.
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Two North Carolina nonprofit organizations will each receive a $100,000 grant as part of the Hispanic Federation’s new $1 million initiative to support legal services for immigrants.
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The COVID-19 shot joins a list of well-established vaccines required by the U.S., aimed at preventing dangerous diseases such as polio and varicella (chickenpox).
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Nikola Taylor was only 8 when her family fled Poland in 1982. Now she uses her personal experience moving to a new country without speaking the language to support other immigrants in North Carolina.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a ruling requiring President Joe Biden’s administration to comply with a lower court’s decision mandating the government to reinstate the Trump-era Migrant Protection Protocols policy.
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Thousands of North Carolina residents who are in the country illegally are entrepreneurs. They’re running businesses that range from restaurants to nail salons. WFAE caught up with a Charlotte man who started a siding company when he didn’t speak the language, and 20 years later he’s thriving.
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Around 4 million low-income children nationwide could miss out on monthly Child Tax Credit payments, according to a study from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
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Immigration advocates had put their lawsuit on hold to give the Biden administration time to phase out the Trump-era Title 42 measure. But they say they're tired of waiting.
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North Carolina ranks seventh in the country for most recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, also known as DACA, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. But a new court decision out of Texas has left the more than 12,000 immigrants in the state who are eligible for DACA, but have not yet received it, at a standstill.