CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Part of an immigration agreement announced in Washington, D.C., on Thursday has Latinos in Charlotte worried their families will be split up.

It calls for the head of household to return to their homeland and then apply to return to the United States, while other family members would be allowed to stay through costly long-term visas.

"People are very afraid to get out of the United States, leaving their family," said WNOW radio talk show host Jorge Medina after receiving dozens of calls on the immigration issue Friday afternoon.

The president and a bi-partisan group of senators say the immigration deal would strengthen the U.S.-Mexico border. It would also give the estimated 12 million undocumented immigrants in the country a chance to stay, however.
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