Many Triangle restaurants closed their doors during Border Patrol's presence to protect staff and customers, a decision made to support the community even despite lost revenue.
“And it gets to the point where it’s like, ‘When will I be enough? When will my family be enough? How do we break this cycle, if the system is rigged against us? What do we do now, when our whole life is here and we forgot what our home country is like?’” Ivanna Gonzalez McNinch said.
Conservatives aren't common in the Triangle. Here's what three Triangle conservatives thought about Customs and Border Patrol activity in North Carolina.
Last month, U.S. President Donald Trump sent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to Charlotte as a part of his nationwide crackdown on illegal immigration. Despite the operation — referred to as “Charlotte’s Web” — only lasting five days, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol made hundreds of arrests, with masked agents confronting people outside of
Immigrants want to protect themselves and their community from detainment and deportation. Immigration law experts are trying to balance that demand with the increased complexity of immigration cases in the current federal climate.
Amid recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in the area, The Durham Voice seeks to provide information on Durham’s ‘Fourth Amendment Workplace’ distinction. The Voice has reviewed relevant information and resources related to the issue, compiled in this article.
Church World Service Durham is a nonprofit dedicated to helping people in vulnerable situations sustain themselves. From October 2024 through about Jan. 20 2025, the team welcomed 209 new refugee clients from countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo, Afghanistan, Syria and many more. In January, President Trump signed two executive orders that suspended the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program and
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