Charlotte bakery owner says deportation fears keep patrons at home; Main Street NC: Midway

There are approximately 300,000 people living in North Carolina without legal status. And they are not the only North Carolinians grappling with the Trump administration’s deportation promises. Mixed status families, people who had their legal status revoked through recent changes made by the Trump administration, and even people who hold visas and green cards, may be facing anxiety, tumult, and fear.

Due South’s Jeff Tiberii talks with Manolo Betancur, a Charlotte bakery owner and community activist, about how the stress of potential deportations has impacted his business, his community, and his family. They are also joined by Nikki Marín Baena, co-founder and co-director of Greensboro-based advocacy organization Siembra NC, and by Aaron Sánchez-Guerra, Race, Class & Communities Reporter for WUNC.

Then, Midway, North Carolina is a town that might be easy to miss, but it signifies a growing movement in the state: a community that incorporates to fend off annexation, and remain a low-tax, low-density town. As part of WUNC's Mainstreet NC series, reporter Colin Campbell visited Midway to see why residents there wanted a "slow growth" future.