This is the third in a series of three stories on environmental justice issues in North Carolina. The series is paid for by a grant from the Fund for Investigative Journalism. Links to the other two stories are under “Related Stories” below. In 1972, David Caldwell was just a teenager, but he recalls every detail […]
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Chatham commissioners rescind 2009 ICE resolution
Document 2009 ICE Resolution, Chatham County Board of Commissioners Chatham County residents spilled into the hallway at a county commissioners meeting Monday night in which the board voted 4-1 to rescind a two-year-old resolution that critics say will hurt relations between undocumented immigrants and police. Sally Kost was the lone dissenting vote. In 2009, the […]
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Police could lose funds to jail undocumented immigrants
North Carolina SCAAP funding 2000–2010 YEARFUNDING2000$655,1202001$3.6 million2002$5.2 million2003$2.5 million2004$3.6 million2005$3.7 million2006$7.1 million2007$7.4 million2008$8.2 million2009$9.2 million2010$7.6 million In 2000, just four counties in North Carolina received SCAAP reimbursements. In 2010, 54 of the state’s 100 counties received this form of federal funding. Congress is threatening to cut the program’s budget by nearly two-thirds, vastly reducing the […]
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Chatham Commissioners to put resolution about undocumented immigrants on ice
Chatham County Commissioners on Monday plan to rescind a two-year-old resolution that critics say will hurt relations between undocumented immigrants and police. In 2009, the previous board of commissioners, then dominated by Democrats, adopted a resolution acknowledging that undocumented immigrants live in and contribute to their communities: “Chatham County is home to a diverse population […]
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Undocumented immigrants released from prison after workplace raid
Six undocumented immigrants who had served six months in federal prison on immigration charges were released yesterday. They were released into the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcements officers after posting immigration bonds in Charlotte. The bond amounts ranged from $5,000—$6,000. The men—Rafael Garcia-Tiscareno, Jose Guadalupe Rodriguez, Lucio Huerta-Ponce, Luis Humberto Huerta-Ponce, Luis Raul Huerta-Ponce, […]
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Living on the edge
This is the second in a series of three stories on environmental justice issues in North Carolina. The series is paid for by a grant from the Fund for Investigative Journalism. Links to the other two stories are under “Related Stories” below. Ernest Alston grew up on East Alston Road, where as a boy he […]
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ICE’s Secure Communities program now statewide
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced earlier this month that all 100 counties in North Carolina have been connected to the Secure Communities program. That makes North Carolina the 10th state to implement the program statewide, along with the border states of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, California and Florida. The Obama administration has said […]
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J&A Framer employees receive maximum sentence for illegal entry
Ten undocumented immigrants who had been arrested during several workplace raids in the Triangle last November appeared in federal court in New Bern today, and were sentenced to additional jail time. Employees of Durham-based J&A Framers—Rafael Garcia-Tiscareno, Jose Guadalupe Rodriguez, Victorino Gutierrez-Licona, Lucio Huerta-Ponce, Luis Humberto Huerta-Ponce, Luis Raul Huerta-Ponce, Juan Manuel Martinze Rodriguez, Jorge […]
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Raleigh church members sue feds, allege racial profiling
Editor’s note: The names of the undocumented immigrants have been withheld for their safety. It is the Indy‘s policy to disclose the names of undocumented immigrants only when they have been formally charged with a crime, have pleaded guilty or have been convicted. Updated on March 7: Elizabeth Simpson, attorney for the congregants, told the […]
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Undocumented immigrants appear in federal court
Ten undocumented immigrants who had been arrested during several workplace raids in the Triangle appeared in federal court in New Bern yesterday. Employees of Durham-based J&A Framers—Rafael Garcia-Tiscareno, Jose Guadalupe Rodriguez, Victorino Gutierrez-Licona, Lucio Huerta-Ponce, Luis Humberto Huerta-Ponce, Luis Raul Huerta-Ponce, Juan Manuel Martinze Rodriguez, Jorge Alberto Ruiz-Ponce, Flavio Martinez-Andres and Olegario Ortega-Solis were arrested […]