NC鈥檚 Latino churches manage concern over possible ICE visits

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NC鈥檚 Latino churches manage concern over possible ICE visits

By Celeste Headlee,

Stacia Brown

Published February 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM EST

With news of the Trump Administration鈥檚 authorization for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to visit churches, once protected spaces, to make arrests, the state鈥檚 predominantly Latino churches are working to prepare their churches for the potential interactions during services. Celeste Headlee talks to Ricardo Correa, pastor of Monte Sinai Durham.

Guest

Ricardo Correa, pastor of Monte Sinai Durham, state director and national director of advocacy for the National Hispanic Pastors Alliance of the National Alliance of Hispanic Pastors

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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鈥檚 daily news radio program, 1A, as well as 吉彩网网站鈥檚 The State of Things. Stacia was a producer for 吉彩网网站'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鈥檚 The Takeaway.

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