Julian Berger
Race & Equity ReporterA fluent Spanish speaker, Julian Berger will focus on Latino communities in and around Charlotte, which make up the largest group of immigrants. He will also report on the thriving immigrant communities from other parts of the world — Indian Americans are the second-largest group of foreign-born Charlotteans, for example — that continue to grow in our region.
He majored in journalism and Hispanic studies at UNC-Chapel Hill, and has previously worked at NBC News, La Noticia in Charlotte and CNN.
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Immigrant advocates are calling on Gov. Josh Stein to veto two bills passed Tuesday by the North Carolina General Assembly that would require statewide cooperation with ICE. -
A new mural at a Compare Foods in south Charlotte will honor two young Latina girls who took their lives after being bullied. -
The North Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee heard a bill Wednesday that would require sheriffs to cooperate even more closely with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. -
The Council for Children’s Rights, a nonprofit organization that provides representation to minors in Mecklenburg County, has phased out two programs due to a lack of funding. -
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board unanimously approved changes last week to its policy on distributing non-school materials on campus. -
ICE activity in the Charlotte region has sparked fear among immigrants. However, the impact goes beyond individual arrests and deportations, local businesses are being hurt. -
The Latin American Coalition held an event Wednesday evening to explain to Charlotte's Latino community the role of local law enforcement and to build trust at a time of increased anxiety about raids and deportations. -
Avelo Airlines, which has an expanding base at Concord Regional Airport, began an agreement earlier this month with the Department of Homeland Security to assist with deportation efforts. -
The family of a man arrested by U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement agents in east Charlotte this month says he had lived in the U.S. for nearly three decades with no criminal record. -
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents allegedly detained several people outside Charlotte’s immigration court this week — just moments after their cases were dismissed.
