Julian Berger
Race & Equity ReporterJulian Berger is a Race & Equity Reporter at WFAE, Charlotte’s NPR affiliate. His reporting focuses on Charlotte's Latino community and immigration policy. He is an award-winning journalist who has earned Regional Edward R. Murrow and RTDNAC awards for his coverage of heightened immigration enforcement.
Before joining WFAE, Berger worked in both print and television news. At La Noticia, a Spanish-language newspaper serving North Carolina, he covered immigration, education and community issues affecting Latino families. He later worked as a production assistant at NBC News, supporting network coverage by editing video, writing scripts and assisting in the studio.
Berger is president of the Charlotte chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.
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Blumenthal Arts says the Charlotte International Arts Festival will not return to uptown Charlotte this month due to funding constraints. -
Immigration judges at Charlotte’s immigration court ordered more than 18,000 removals from January through August, more than twice the number ordered during the same period in 2024. -
Federal Temporary Protected Status for Salvadorans is expected to expire Tuesday, which would place thousands in the Charlotte area under threat of deportation. -
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed three denaturalization lawsuits in western North Carolina, joining more than 100 suits across the nation. -
A federal jury in Charlotte has convicted two protesters arrested during Operation Charlotte’s Web, the federal immigration crackdown last November. -
The Hispanic Federation, a national Hispanic advocacy group, held a daylong hearing Wednesday in Charlotte to document the effects of federal immigration enforcement in North Carolina. -
Latino students and English learners in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools made academic gains last school year despite heightened federal immigration enforcement. -
The federal trial of two protesters arrested during last year’s “Operation Charlotte’s Web” immigration enforcement operation continued Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Charlotte.
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A Charlotte nonprofit that serves transgender adults uses nearly $1.3 million in federal grant funds to pay for its intended purpose — mental health services. -
Federal immigration arrests in Charlotte have more than doubled so far this year compared with the same period in 2025, according to newly released data.
