ICE detention

The change to the city's land development ordinance comes amid community concerns for a local ICE detention center.

Records obtained by the ACLU indicate that the former school's property may be under consideration by the federal government for a detention center. But the Hebrew Academy denies any involvement.

Records obtained by the ACLU indicate the former American Hebrew Academy is among the locations under federal consideration. The possibility has drawn scrutiny from local leaders, who suggest the move would face zoning and public approval challenges.

Mohamed Naser was temporarily held in a federal detention center after being detained by ICE last year.

Mixed signals from federal and local immigration officials and a flood of rumors and misinformation on social media and elsewhere are sowing fears in North Carolina's Latino community.

Helen Parsonage, an attorney for Mohamed Naser says he was picked up by authorities earlier this month and questioned about his views on Iran.