Calls to a Durham-based hotline spiked, and schools and churches scrambled to communicate with families as President Trump’s deportation push began.
Heidi Perez-Moreno
Heidi Perez-Moreno covers education and more at the Border Belt Independent. She is a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill and previously worked at The Washington Post.
A Big Gap In This Year’s Legislature
Alamance County Democrat Ricky Hurtado was the first Latino elected to the North Carolina General Assembly in 2020, but the glimpse of representation was short-lived.



