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Arts, Music & Culture

Carolina Curious: Why are there so many Greek restaurants in Winston-Salem?

2:40pm January 31, 2025

In Winston-Salem, Greek restaurants are almost as ubiquitous as fast food. We spoke to a historian and one of the city's oldest Greek families to find out why.

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers wait to detain a person, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Md. ALEX BRANDON/AP

Politics & Government

Winston-Salem immigration attorney shares observations, expectations for the future

1:12pm January 28, 2025

by Santiago Ochoa

Winston-Salem immigration attorney, Helen Parsonage, sat down with WFDD's Santiago Ochoa to discuss her clients' fears and what changes she expects to see within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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'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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Parsonage recommends no one open their doors for ICE if they're visited at their home. ERIN HOOLEY/AP

Politics & Government

Winston-Salem immigration attorney says clients are on high alert as Trump presidency begins

7:00am January 24, 2025

by Santiago Ochoa

Helen Parsonage, a Winston-Salem immigration attorney, discusses how she and her clients are feeling after President Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday.

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A boy looks through a border wall separating Mexico from the United States

Politics & Government

Republican-led states are rolling out plans that could aid Trump's mass deportation effort

7:34am December 10, 2024

by David A. Lieb, Associated Press

As President-elect Donald Trump assembles his administration, Republican governors and lawmakers in some states are already rolling out proposals that could help him carry out his pledge to deport millions of people living in the U.S. illegally.

Politics & Government

JD Vance courts Gen Z voters at High Point University town hall

4:43pm October 31, 2024

by April Laissle

The event was hosted by Turning Point Action, a right-wing activist group known in part for spreading false claims about the 2020 election and COVID-19 vaccines.

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Politics & Government

All politics are national: Piedmont and High Country voters sound off

3:50pm October 23, 2024

by David Ford

WFDD gathers input from North Carolina voters in the Piedmont and High Country on a wide variety of national political issues including public education, abortion and immigration.

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Serving Hope -- Shereen Gomaa

4:10pm July 31, 2024

by Rohan Dayal

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Former President Donald Trump speaks at rally

Politics & Government

Donald Trump campaigns in Greensboro with a focus on the border

4:45pm March 02, 2024

by David Ford

Presidential candidate Donald Trump campaigned in Greensboro on Saturday, just days before North Carolina's primary. Border security was on the minds of many in attendance.

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Demonstrators hold up signs outside the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals building in New Orleans on Wednesday as a panel of judges heard arguments on the Obama-era program that prevents the deportation of thousands of immigrants brought into the U.S. as

Appeals court hears arguments over GOP-leaning states' suit to end DACA

5:55pm July 06, 2022

by The Associated Press

A federal judge in Texas last year declared the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program dead but left it intact while his order is appealed by the Justice Department and advocacy groups.