Aaron Sanchez-Guerra

Families draped themselves in Venezuelan flags and colors on Sat. Jan. 3, 2026, at The Latin Corner, a Venezuelan bar and food truck spot in Pineville, a suburb of Charlotte.

Still images from a video uploaded to TikTok showing Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers attempting to remove two U.S. citizens from a car in Salisbury, NC, on Jan. 5, 2026.

Residents in rural and urban areas in North Carolina are raising their voices against federal plans to open immigration jails in their communities.

Margoth Erazo, 52, speaks outside of the General Assembly on April 1, 2026 after being joined by Duke University students supporting former recipients of Temporary Protected Status.

Elders and founding members of the Ar-Razzaq Islamic Center on Chapel Hill Street in Durham gathered for the unveiling of its new historical marker on Friday, April 10, 2026.

Artist Jimmy Bones poses in front of the mural he painted of Andrew Brown Jr. on the side of his former home, just days after Brown Jr. was fatally shot on April 21, 2021 by Pasquotank County deputies in Elizabeth City.

This past winter, around 20 monks from a Vietnamese Buddhist temple in Texas walked from their home in Fort Worth to Washington, DC. The 2,000-mile walk was to promote peace, and ask for federal recognition of the Buddha's day of birth. WUNC reporter Aaron Sanchez-Guerra checked in on the marchers' progress while they were in North Carolina.

A majority of the majority immigrant households at Chatham Estates have begun to relocate or have already relocated with financial assistance from NeighborUp and the Cary Stable Homes program.

Lumbee tribal members overwhelmingly voted against a constitutional amendment during a historic tribal election on Tuesday held in Robeson County, the Lumbees' homeland.

José Martinez-Andino, 20, was detained by immigration enforcement officials in March while driving across the country, and was deported to Honduras in April. He was living with relatives in Raleigh and possessed a special legal status that is granted to young people who've been neglected or abused by a parent.