Letter to the editor: Immigration facts speak volumes

The amount of intentional disinformation and unintentional misinformation about immigration is making it almost impossible to achieve a rational immigration system that truly serves our nation’s needs.

On Saturday, April 5, there will be nationwide protests against the actions of the Trump administration. These are sponsored by some thirty organizations across the country.

To me the most sacred right guaranteed by the Constitution is our right to vote. It is core to our democracy, yet a bill that will be voted on soon in Congress is intended to take away that right for potentially 20 million Americans.

Patty Lewis’s well-researched and forceful letter in the Independent of last week explains the grave dangers posed by a policy of wide-scale deportation. Many undocumented residents, without whom our dairy industry and other aspects of our local economy w … (read more)

I hope you will join me in urging our Senators to do everything they can to push back against the following Presidential power grab and to oppose confirmation of Russell Vought’s nomination to lead the Office of Management and Budget.

Trump and his MAGA representatives have started implementing Project 2025. They are already suggesting wacky goals like taking over Canada and Greenland.

For those wondering why the Los Angeles fires are so unstoppable, I recommend two riveting documentaries. A short PBS Weathered documentary: “Why the LA Fires are Almost Impossible to Stop” brings to life the latest research on the speed of such fires and … (read more)

It is widely understood that cutting mature forests is bad for the climate. Last year the public responded with over 1,300 comments against logging and less than 100 in favor. This was a record.

I believe that the staff at the Green Mountain National Forest are good, well-meaning professionals who care deeply about our forest, but that they are locked into outdated science and policies in a 2006 Forest Plan that works directly against efforts to … (read more)

I have examined the findings of the 2022 report from the International Panel on Climate Change and other authoritative research, and what I have found is downright terrifying for our young people’s future. 

The Jan. 6 Capitol attack has been dubbed terrorism by Republicans and Democrats alike. Now the extent of the damage Trump has done to America is becoming clearer. Trump has radicalized his base in a dangerous way that will not be easily changed. After 9/ … (read more)

This letter is meant to scare you. We all should be scared. There are very credible authorities all across the country, of both political parties, who are deeply concerned that our democracy and the stability of our country are going to be tested in this … (read more)

BRISTOL — On July 26 photojournalist Trip Jennings, whose father and stepmother, Howard Jennings and Sarah Stott, live in Bristol, was shot in the face by federal agents in Portland, Ore. The Trump administration had sent agents from the Department of Hom … (read more)