Luis Alonso Juárez (center) delivers remarks at the Legislative Building in Raleigh on Sept. 4, 2025. (Photo by Greg Childress/NC Newsline)
At a press conference in Raleigh on Thursday, Luis Alonso Juárez, a popular Duke University bus driver at risk of losing his protected immigration status, told supporters and lawmakers that he’s concerned about his safety if he’s forced to return to his native Honduras.
Juárez and as many 50 supporters, many of them Duke students, rode a chartered bus to Raleigh, first stopping by U.S. Sen. Ted Budd’s (R-NC) office on Fayetteville Street to deliver a letter requesting support before marching to the legislature to drop off letters at the offices of House Speaker Destin Hall and Senate leader Phil Berger, both Republicans. Neither were available to meet with Juárez…