North Carolina’s Latino leaders celebrate heritage, focus on voter engagement ahead of midterms

By: Clayton Henkel

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: October 5, 2026

Words: 661

Last Updated: 1 week, 6 days ago

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Latino leaders gathered outside North Carolina’s legislative building Thursday to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and look ahead to the future.

America Juarez-Maldonado with Carolina Migrant Network said it would be easy to feel anger and despair, especially at a time that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have wrongfully detained and arrested many Latinos.

“Here’s what I find hardest to understand –some of the same people telling us we don’t belong have forgotten their …

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