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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Latino students’ lack of access to technology and help with schoolwork at home are among the factors that worry teachers and school officials. WFAE checked in with a preschool in Charlotte that’s trying to keep these early learners from falling behind during the pandemic.
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In an auditorium with dozens of other people, Alba Sanchez, a Costa Rican mother in Charlotte, took her naturalization oath as her mother and son looked…
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Ana Chagoyán lost her 40-year-old brother Juan from what a Charlotte hospital says was COVID-19 pneumonia. Before Juan's death on July 20, Ana said, her…
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Sitting at home and from her cellphone screen on July 24, Ana Chagoyán, a Mexican mother who lives near Charlotte, said her last goodbye to her brother…
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Thousands of North Carolina residents are in danger of losing their homes as courts begin issuing eviction orders again this month. The threat is…
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Thirty-seven-year-old Marcial is at home and providing again for his family of six. We won’t say his last name because he’s worried about legal…
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Protests ramped up again in Charlotte over the weekend. One group, called Unity-In-Diversity, gathered Sunday afternoon at Romare Bearden Park demanding…
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It has been nearly a month since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the Trump administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood…
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Just as 23-year-old Paolo Bompieri began training for his last tennis season as a Queens University Royal, ICE announced international students have to…
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Ever since the coronavirus pandemic started, Vanessa Jacome has been worried. The Latina mother and wife from Charlotte knew her family’s chances of…
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Martin Rojas’ day starts at 6 a.m. when he wakes up and gets ready for another day working with his wife and business partner at his bakeryNew York…
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In June 2005, Eduardo Rivera crossed the U.S. border with his mother to escape a life-threatening situation in Honduras. On Wednesday, the south Charlotte…