Immigration

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Immigration

Local Hondurans face the potential end of their Temporary Protected Status

9:00am May 19, 2025

Temporary Protected Status provides refuge for migrants who can't safely return to their home countries. Tens of thousands of Honduran nationals are waiting anxiously as their status is set to expire in July.

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Immigration

DOGE cuts Greensboro-based citizenship education program

3:44pm April 28, 2025

by April Laissle

Free legal services for those seeking citizenship have been eliminated as a result of the changes. One of three related classes was cancelled too, at a time of increasing popularity.

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Winston-Salem educators say federal ICE policy change is keeping some students home

3:50pm February 20, 2025

by Amy Diaz

A federal policy change allowing immigration enforcement officers to make arrests at schools may be contributing to dips in student attendance in Winston-Salem.

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Greensboro police release statement on role in immigration enforcement

3:19pm February 17, 2025

by DJ Simmons

Greensboro police issued the statement after hearing concerns in several community meetings with Chief John Thompson.

'That's not who we are': Triad teachers respond to policy change allowing ICE raids in schools

4:41pm January 27, 2025

by Amy Diaz

President Trump’s administration announced last week that it would allow federal immigration agencies to make arrests at schools, among other places. WFDD’s Amy Diaz spoke to educators in the Triad about their concerns.

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22 states sue to stop Trump's order blocking birthright citizenship

3:47pm January 22, 2025

by Associated Press

Attorneys general from 22 states, including North Carolina, have sued to block President Donald Trump's move to end a century-old immigration policy known as birthright citizenship. That long-held practice guarantees that U.S.-born children are citizens regardless of their parents' status.

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Federal government moves to end contract for Greensboro facility for migrant children

5:30am January 22, 2025

by DJ Simmons

The American Hebrew Academy site was originally to be used as a housing facility for unaccompanied minors.

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North Carolina bill forcing sheriffs to aid immigration agents still under review in House

12:36pm May 16, 2024

by Associated Press

A North Carolina bill forcing sheriffs and jailers to comply with requests from federal immigration agents to detain inmates accused of serious crimes for up to 48 hours will be sent to a team of negotiators to discuss changes to the legislation.

North Carolina bill compelling sheriffs to aid ICE advances as first major bill this year

1:35pm May 01, 2024

by Associated Press

A House bill that directs North Carolina sheriffs to comply with requests by federal agents interested in picking up jail inmates they believe are in the country has picked up steam again. A Senate judiciary committee approved an updated version of the bill Tuesday.

Minority Business Enterprise grant program's third year applications are opening up

10:06am August 17, 2022

by Eileen Rodriguez

A grant launched at the beginning of the pandemic to support Black and Latinx small business owners in Forsyth County will open applications at the end of August.