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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Gov. Josh Stein vetoed two bills Friday that would force state and local law enforcement to collaborate more closely with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. -
Leaders in Union County are taking new steps to tighten immigration enforcement, as the Trump administration ramps up mass deportations by relying on local law enforcement. -
Charlotte City Council heard from residents of a mobile home park off Prosperity Church Road, who spoke out Monday against a rezoning petition they say would force them out of their homes. -
Fifteen Latino elected officials from North Carolina sent a letter to Gov. Josh Stein on Monday, urging him to veto two immigration enforcement bills on his desk.
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Thousands of people gathered Saturday in uptown Charlotte to protest the Trump administration. -
Immigrant advocates are calling on Gov. Josh Stein to veto two bills passed Tuesday by the North Carolina General Assembly that would require statewide cooperation with ICE.
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A new mural at a Compare Foods in south Charlotte will honor two young Latina girls who took their lives after being bullied. -
The North Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee heard a bill Wednesday that would require sheriffs to cooperate even more closely with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. -
The Council for Children’s Rights, a nonprofit organization that provides representation to minors in Mecklenburg County, has phased out two programs due to a lack of funding. -
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board unanimously approved changes last week to its policy on distributing non-school materials on campus.
