Laura Brache
Laura Brache is a Report for America corps member and covers immigration and the Latino community in Charlotte for WFAE and La Noticia.
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Earlier this year, thousands of unaccompanied minors arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border, sparking debate once again about the immigration system. Children have been arriving alone for years. WFAE caught up with a father in North Carolina who nearly seven years ago had to wait for months as his four children traveled from Guatemala to Charlotte. -
A Guatemalan immigrant and mother of four who spent the last four years in sanctuary inside a Greensboro church was granted stay of removal by the Department of Homeland Security. -
Sheriffs from across the country, including 29 in North Carolina, have signed a letter to President Biden urging him to address the influx of migrants at the southern border. -
North Carolina Senate Bill 101 would force sheriffs to learn the immigration status of inmates and help the federal government to detain them. It’s the latest in a series of bills trying to force cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, including one vetoed by the governor in 2019. -
For three years, young immigrants brought into the U.S. illegally were blocked from applying for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status, also known as DACA. The application process reopened in December, and immigration attorneys are expecting an outpouring of applicants. -
From his first days in office, President Trump wasted no time in putting his mark on U.S. immigration policy. And he did it through executive orders. WFAE’s Laura Brache looks at four of those policies and the scope of their impact in North Carolina. -
Latino students’ lack of access to technology and help with schoolwork at home are among the factors that worry teachers and school officials. WFAE checked in with a preschool in Charlotte that’s trying to keep these early learners from falling behind during the pandemic. -
Ana Chagoyán lost her 40-year-old brother Juan from what a Charlotte hospital says was COVID-19 pneumonia. Before Juan's death on July 20, Ana said, her... -
Sitting at home and from her cellphone screen on July 24, Ana Chagoyán, a Mexican mother who lives near Charlotte, said her last goodbye to her brother... -
North Carolina continues to set coronavirus records, and minority communities have been hit particularly hard. More than a third of the state's cases are among Latinx communities.
