Immigration

The breadth of what it means to be a Black American is widening, according to new analysis of the latest migration statistics.

From covering one of the country’s toughest immigration courts to telling the stories of Charlotte’s many immigrant communities, our reporters continue to report on important issues.

Golden Door Scholars, a nonprofit that provides financial assistance to college students who are in the U.S. illegally, is accepting applications until Oct. 10.

Haitian migrants are camped out on the beaches of this Colombian town, which is a stopover before the Darién Gap leading to Panama. They hope the United States will take them in.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a statement outlining plans to allow passenger and cargo traffic to resume. Earlier, a camp of 15,000 migrants, mostly Haitians, had gathered there.

A rarely used U.S. code pertaining to public health was invoked during the pandemic by the Trump White House to expel asylum-seekers. The Biden White House wants to keep it.

The Senate parliamentarian said including a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants was beyond the scope of the process Democrats are using to pass key legislation without GOP votes.

The COVID-19 shot joins a list of well-established vaccines required by the U.S., aimed at preventing dangerous diseases such as polio and varicella (chickenpox).

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a ruling requiring President Joe Biden’s administration to comply with a lower court’s decision mandating the government to reinstate the Trump-era Migrant Protection Protocols policy.

Thousands of North Carolina residents who are in the country illegally are entrepreneurs. They’re running businesses that range from restaurants to nail salons. WFAE caught up with a Charlotte man who started a siding company when he didn’t speak the language, and 20 years later he’s thriving.