Aaron Sánchez-Guerra
Race, Class & Communities ReporterAaron Sánchez-Guerra covers issues of race, class, and communities for WUNC.
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Two U.S. citizen brothers say Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers racially profiled and assaulted them earlier this week, as federal agents continue heightened immigration arrests in North Carolina. -
The Charlotte region is home to largest Venezuelan expat community in North Carolina, where people gathered to celebrate the toppling of the autocratic Venezuelan leader. -
Immigration and Customs Enforcement more than doubled all of the arrests made in NC in 2024 in the first nine months since President Donald Trump's inauguration, according to the Deportation Data Project. -
The Raleigh Police Department was initially sued for wrongful death seeking $25 million in damages after Darryl "Tyree" Williams, a Black man tased to death by white Raleigh police officers in January 2023. -
After federal immigration enforcement targeted North Carolina last week, many Latino families remained home from Sunday mass services. At Durham’s oldest Catholic church, longtime parishioners expressed support and empathy for the area’s immigrant community. -
The board’s Republican majority voted to sign an agreement with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to use the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements program. -
18-year-old Fernando Vazquez was working his commercial landscaping job on the morning of Nov. 18, 2025, in Cary when Border Patrol agents stopped, arrested, and eventually released him. -
Hispanic business owners - from restaurants and stores to hair salons - say they’re seeing very few customers because people are scared of immigration enforcement agents. -
After decades of unfulfilled proposals, this vacant site in Durham’s Hayti neighborhood will be redeveloped into housing through the city’s newly-approved $44 million bond. -
The creation of the new Heat Stress Advisory Council comes as extreme heat waves pose dangers to outdoor workers in industries like agriculture.
