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Fact-checking Trump's RNC claims about affordability, US senate candidates El-Sayed and Talarico
President Donald Trump headlined the first night of the Republicans’ first-ever midterm convention in Dallas, spotlighting policies about transgender people, illegal immigration and opponents who align with democratic socialism.
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Fact-checking Trump's claim that 'thousands' of immigrants illegally voted in New Jersey
“They caught thousands of votes in New Jersey where illegal aliens were allowed to vote,” President Donald Trump said during a speech in Georgia. “Thousands and thousands of votes.”
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Wake County man arrested for marriage-related immigration fraud
A Wake County man faces deportation after immigration officials arrested him for lying about his marriage on immigration paperwork.
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Cooper, Whatley on immigration: A fight over how to focus enforcement
North Carolina U.S. Senate candidates Roy Cooper and Michael Whatley agree on deporting immigrants accused of violent crimes but disagree on much else, including how to enforce immigration laws and whether President Donald Trump’s approach has gone far enough, or too far.
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ICE pitches legal insurance to help shield local officers who make immigration arrests
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is pitching a plan to help shield local police officers who make immigration arrests from possible financial consequences if they are accused of on-duty misconduct.
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David Gardner: Limiting foreign students a major setback for American innovation, entrepreneurship
Policy changes are causing international buyers of US education to question whether studying in the US is worth the risk
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Raleigh woman claims inadequate care after she says father suffered stroke in ICE custody
In a social media post, Gabri Johnson detailed what happened in July with her father Gabriel Lasanda Johnson. ICE did not immediately respond to WRAL requests for comment.
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NC teen, an American citizen, fighting Trump administration over arrest in Cary immigration raid
Dozens of American citizens, including several North Carolinians, say they were wrongfully profiled, detained and mistreated by ICE and other immigration officials during raids.
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ICE inks deal with private prison company to operate eastern NC immigration detention center
The GEO Group said Wednesday that it agreed to a five-year support services contract with ICE for the activation of a federal immigration processing center at the GEO-owned, 1,320-bed Rivers Facility in Winton.
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ICE plans to open federal immigration detention center in Eastern North Carolina by 2026, says NYT
The development comes days after protesters urged North Carolina lawmakers to oppose the project as the state expands cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
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Anti-ICE protesters tell NC lawmakers ‘we will not go back’
Latino advocates and other activists say they oppose plans to build a new immigrant detention camp in North Carolina as Republican leaders at the state and federal level push to ramp up deportations.
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Fact-check: Trump administration says 250,000 noncitizens are registered to vote in 4 states
In a release of documents alongside President Donald Trump’s July 16 address, the Department of Homeland Security said “over 250,000 non-citizens are illegally registered to vote in just the four states."
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Fact-check: Trump says illegal immigration caused 40% rise in housing costs
With affordability in the spotlight, President Donald Trump and his administration have sought to tie rising housing costs to illegal immigration under his predecessor, President Joe Biden.
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Trump allies say Supreme Court ruling allows ‘birth tourism’ in the US. How often does it happen?
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said birthright citizenship has "been grossly abused" through "birthing tourism." Here's what PolitiFact found about the practice in the U.S.
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NC budget takes aim at Legal Aid. Why critics say that will empower domestic abusers
Republican lawmakers say a privately funded program administered by a state agency is too helpful to groups that support liberal causes. They’re steering the money elsewhere.
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NC expands ICE cooperation under SCOTUS rulings, new state immigration law
Two U.S. Supreme Court rulings and a new North Carolina law are expanding federal immigration authority and increasing coordination with state and local agencies, reshaping how immigration enforcement is carried out across the state.
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Stricter immigration enforcement, DEI programs eliminated after House Republicans override vetoes
The votes come nearly a year after Governor Josh Stein first vetoed the bills.
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Trust in North Carolina elections shaky a year after shift in control
Nearly one-third of North Carolinians say election administration in the state is becoming less trustworthy — despite no evidence of widespread voter fraud and efforts by the elections board to tighten election security.
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House votes to fund Homeland Security, ending shutdown triggered by ICE tactics debate
The House on Thursday passed stalled legislation reopening the Department of Homeland Security, ending a record shutdown at the agency and resolving uncertainty over whether thousands of federal security workers would be paid in May.
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How does your school interact with immigration officials? NC Democrats seek parent, student rights
Some of the proposals are already federal law. Democratic lawmakers say it’s important for state law to align with federal law and to protect immigrants in schools in case the law changes.
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NC lawmakers leave Democratic Party following primary election losses
North Carolina State Reps. Carla Cunningham and Nasif Majeed — who lost Democratic party primary elections last month — are leaving the Democratic Party to become unaffiliated.
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Durham elementary school parents ask district to sponsor beloved teacher’s visa
A group of parents from Durham’s Murray-Massenburg Elementary School is pushing the district to sponsor an H1 visa for a beloved teacher. Parents say the teacher was in the process of working with DPS to apply for a longer-term H1 visa when he learned the district would no longer assist.
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ICE acting director Todd Lyons will resign at end of May, DHS says
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting director Todd Lyons, a key executor of President Donald Trump’s mass deportations agenda, will resign at the end of May, federal officials announced Thursday.
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NC election board OKs rules for reviewing voter citizenship challenges
North Carolina election leaders on Thursday approved rules for reviewing voter citizenship challenges. The rules need final approval from the state Rules Review Commission.
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Two Durham Public Schools students detained, deported by ICE
Siembra NC said two Durham Public School students and their parents were deported earlier this week. ICE leadership told WRAL that the family had no pending asylum claims or immigration applications.
