Julian Berger
Race & Equity ReporterA fluent Spanish speaker, Julian Berger will focus on Latino communities in and around Charlotte, which make up the largest group of immigrants. He will also report on the thriving immigrant communities from other parts of the world — Indian Americans are the second-largest group of foreign-born Charlotteans, for example — that continue to grow in our region.
He majored in journalism and Hispanic studies at UNC-Chapel Hill, and has previously worked at NBC News, La Noticia in Charlotte and CNN.
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Immigrant advocates gathered Monday to denounce recent detentions by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the Charlotte area over the past week. -
A Linwood man has been arrested and charged with threatening to kill U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Charlotte.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has detained numerous undocumented immigrants in the Charlotte region this week, in what they are calling a “larger immigration enforcement operation.” -
North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein attended a luncheon in Charlotte on Thursday, hosted by the Latin American Chamber of Commerce. -
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement released new information Wednesday, saying a second person was also arrested Monday near an east Charlotte school. -
Shakira opened her worldwide stadium tour Tuesday evening at Bank of America Stadium, with more than 50,000 people in attendance. -
Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained a man Monday just before he could drop his child off at an east Charlotte school.
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A group of Ukrainian immigrants gathers every Saturday in Mint Hill to pray, as the war in Ukraine enters its fourth year and many refugees are anxious about losing their immigration status. -
Bishop Michael Martin of the Catholic Diocese of Charlotte says he is 'thrilled' that Leo XIV was chosen Thursday as the next pope. -
The North Carolina House passed a bill Wednesday to direct state agencies to vet residents’ immigration status before providing them benefits. The bill includes the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Commerce, and the University of North Carolina system.
