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Due South

Habeas corpus and the release of NC residents from ICE detention. Apex's Civilian Crash Investigator. A singular comic visits Durham.

By Jeff Tiberii,

Leoneda Inge, Stacia Brown, Cole del Charco

Published January 28, 2026 at 12:35 PM EST

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How habeas corpus has played a role in North Carolinians being released from ICE detention

Immigration enforcement has transformed from a campaign promise to a months-long campaign of intimidation. Federal ICE agents are ramping up their latest operation in Portland, Maine this week, following an astonishing effort in Minneapolis that killed two Americans.

Federal agents carried out operations in North Carolina across November and December. There is new data available from those raids.

We discuss that and how habeas corpus has played a role in North Carolinians being released from ICE detention.

Laura Lee, Editorial Director, NC Local, a statewide nonprofit news organization

Related:

NC Local: What is habeas corpus? How is it leading to the release of NC residents from ICE detention?

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Apex’s Civilian Crash Investigator aims to share the accident reporting burden with police

Apex’s first Civilian Crash Investigator aims to ease the burden on the rest of the police department from traffic and accidents.

Julia Vanbuskirk, Civilian Crash Investigator for the Town of Apex

Officer Jeremy Short, Town of Apex Traffic Safety Unit

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Ms. Pat brings her signature comedic style to Durham

Comedian Ms. Pat joins Due South to discuss her tumultuous early life in Atlanta, her career in comedy and her upcoming tour, which is making its way to the Carolina Theatre in Durham on January 30.

Patricia “Ms. Pat” Williams, standup comedian, actress, and author

Due South

Jeff Tiberii

Jeff Tiberii is the co-host of WUNC's "Due South." Jeff joined WUNC in 2011. During his 20 years in public radio, he was Morning Edition Host at WFDD and WUNC’s Greensboro Bureau Chief and later, the Capitol Bureau Chief. Jeff has covered state and federal politics, produced the radio documentary “Right Turn,” launched a podcast, and was named North Carolina Radio Reporter of the Year four times.

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Leoneda Inge

Leoneda Inge is the co-host of WUNC's "Due South." Leoneda has been a radio journalist for more than 30 years, spending most of her career at WUNC as the Race and Southern Culture reporter. Leoneda’s work includes stories of race, slavery, memory and monuments. She has won "Gracie" awards, an Alfred I. duPont Award and several awards from the Radio, Television, Digital News Association (RTDNA). In 2017, Leoneda was named "Journalist of Distinction" by the National Association of Black Journalists.

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Stacia Brown

Stacia L. Brown is a writer and audio storyteller who has worked in public media since 2016, when she partnered with the Association of Independents in Radio and Baltimore's WEAA 88.9 to create The Rise of Charm City, a narrative podcast that centered community oral histories. She has worked for WAMU’s daily news radio program, 1A, as well as WUNC’s The State of Things. Stacia was a producer for WUNC's award-winning series, Great Grief with Nnenna Freelon and a co-creator of the station's first children's literacy podcast, The Story Stables. She served as a senior producer for two Ten Percent Happier podcasts, Childproof and More Than a Feeling. In early 2023, she was interim executive producer for WNYC’s The Takeaway.

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Cole del Charco

Cole del Charco is an audio producer and writer based in Durham. He's made stories for public radio's All Things Considered, Morning Edition and Marketplace. Before joining Due South, he spent time as a freelance journalist, an education and daily news reporter for WUNC, and a podcast producer for WFAE in Charlotte.

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