EPISODE · Aug 2, 2026 · 15 MIN
Immigrants in a Low-Life-Expectancy Community in Wilmington, N.C., Encounter Transportation Disadvantages—Including Immigration Courts Hundreds of Miles Away
from Shoresides · host Rend Smith
Vanessa Gonzalez is an immigration attorney in Wilmington. Many of her clients live in southeastern North Carolina.The federal offices deciding their cases do not. In this episode, Shoresides learns what that distance means in practice—and how transportation barriers may connect to health.We also speak with Kevin Chen of the Union of Concerned Scientists about the decline—and possible resurgence—of affordable intercity bus service, a possible remedy.Photo by Day Camposeco.Learn more about the Coastal Journalism Hub: http://www.coastaljournalism.org/This story was produced in partnership with the Coastal Journalism Hub, a collaborative focused on health and wellbeing in New Hanover County.Send us Fan MailSupport the showwww.shoresides.org
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Vanessa Gonzalez is an immigration attorney in Wilmington. Many of her clients live in southeastern North Carolina.The federal offices deciding their cases do not. In this episode, Shoresides learns what that distance means in practice—and how transportation barriers may connect to health. We also speak with Kevin Chen of the Union of Concerned Scientists about the decline—and possible resurgence—of affordable intercity bus service, a possible remedy. Photo by Day Camposeco. Learn more abo...
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Immigrants in a Low-Life-Expectancy Community in Wilmington, N.C., Encounter Transportation Disadvantages—Including Immigration Courts Hundreds of Miles Away
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