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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Immigration attorneys from Charlotte will travel to Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Thursday to demand immigration reform from national lawmakers. -
The Trump administration will block nonpermanent U.S. residents from receiving Federal Housing Administration mortgage loans. -
Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden and ICE are still feuding about how immigration enforcement should be conducted in the county. -
Faith-based nonprofit Camino reopened its health center Thursday afternoon, adding a dental clinic. -
Samia Mubarak and Vaishali Sheikh, two Charlotte mothers of children with special needs, balance religious devotion and caregiving during this month. -
The Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy lost funding for its Immigrant Justice Program, which provides legal representation for unaccompanied minors. -
Charlotte’s immigration court has a backlog of nearly 146,000 cases and an average wait time of more than 500 days. -
Hundreds of North Carolina Hispanic pastors and Latino church congregants gathered Saturday to call for immigration reform. -
Mecklenburg County state representative Jordan Lopez filed a bill Monday to legalize the sale and use of cannabis. -
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Tuesday that it arrested 24 undocumented immigrants in Charlotte from March 1-8 in a “targeted enforcement operation.”
