Immigration

Over the past several months, immigration enforcement activity, both real and rumored, has frightened communities across Charlotte. Latino residents, regardless of status, have been adjusting their daily lives. Many have reduced shopping, gathering and other public activities. While headlines often focus on political arguments and border statistics, the local consequences are playing out quietly, in corner stores, laundromats and bakeries.

The nonprofit International House has named Susan Bird its new executive director. The organization helps immigrants settle in Charlotte with legal support, housing and English classes.

The city of Charlotte kicked off Welcoming Week on Friday with a naturalization ceremony at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center in uptown.

Each morning in east Charlotte, men gather on Wendover Road hoping for work. They’re painters, movers, roofers — and neighbors with stories worth hearing.

New U.S. Census Bureau data analyzed by the Pew Research Center shows the number of undocumented immigrants has grown sharply in recent years.

A 20-year-old Honduran woman who has lived in the Charlotte area for more than a decade will soon be removed from the U.S.

New data from Immigration and Customs Enforcement shows that while arrests in North Carolina have surged since President Trump returned to office in January, the majority have occurred in jails, not in public.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools added a new section on Immigration and Customs Enforcement to its law enforcement regulations earlier this month amid scrutiny of its approach to handling immigration enforcement.

The home-improvement chain is now one of the companies most caught up in Trump's immigration crackdown. The retailer's history with day laborers is long. So far, it's choosing to keep its distance.

Mecklenburg Democratic state House member Carla Cunningham held a contentious town hall Sunday night, answering constituents' questions about her recent vote with Republican lawmakers to require sheriffs to work closer with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.