Bill creates policy for school districts should ICE threaten

Winooski’s superintendent told senators in February that the policy was about being prepared for worst-case scenarios.

Opinion: A lifeline for Vermont detainees

A few weeks ago in S. Burlington, federal immigration agents entered a home looking for one person but detained three others who were not named on the warrant. These individuals were released following a judge’s order, but many people detained in Vermont … (read more)

ICE scrutinized: Vt questions if tactics violate U.S. Constitution News

When law enforcement officials broke down the door of a South Burlington home March 11, they were looking for a Mexican man named Deyvi Daniel Corona-Sanchez. He wasn’t there. In fact, he might never have been. What followed that raid, as well as the dete … (read more)

Opinion: Remember that we’re on stolen land

There are no illegal immigrants in stolen territory.

Planning ahead for ICE

Until American citizens prevail with measures to hold ICE agents accountable for any use of excessive force, we all must deal with what the nation now considers a renegade militia that doesn’t care about the harm it does.

Middlebury preps for ICE operations

Middlebury police Chief Jason Covey shared ICE-related thoughts with the town selectboard on Tuesday evening, as municipal officials throughout the state continue to process the fallout from a March 11 ICE operation

You can’t call ICE ‘professional’

Local law enforcement and state government officials use the word “unprofessional” to frame their condemnation of a recent ICE operation in South Burlington. This begs the question: What would correctly describe a “professional” ICE operation under simila … (read more)

Can Vermonters counter ICE’s needless brutality?

It’s hard not to be outraged by law enforcement’s needless and brutal tactics in the March 11 confrontation in South Burlington when ICE officials pursued a Mexican immigrant who they thought was in Vermont illegally. While temperance held throughout much … (read more)

Man detained in South Burlington ICE raid remains in custody

Cristian Humberto Jerez Andrade, 31, has been held since the March 11 raid on a home that triggered an hours-long confrontation, street shutdown and forced entry by federal agents.

Letter to the editor: ICE is an embarrassment to Americans

There have been many cries of alarm about the tactics of ICE and demands for reining it in or even abolishing it. It is important to understand just what this agency is doing to raise these alarms.

Lincoln woman witnesses ICE in Minneapolis, reflects on freedom of movement

A week after Alex Pretti was killed, I joined a dear friend in Minneapolis to offer support as they continued living day-to-day in a besieged city. We also went as witnesses and to carry back home to Vermont what could be scenes from our near future. If I … (read more)

Locals cited in ICE protest

Four Addison County residents were among 11 peaceful protestors arrested for criminal trespass on Monday after refusing to leave the Department of Homeland Security office building in Willison.

Local pastor witnesses ICE turmoil in Minnesota

Elizabeth Gleich, a native Minnesotan and associate pastor of the Congregational Church of Middlebury, joined fellow clergy to protest in her home state.

Vt. Senate considers bill to unmask ICE

Senators in the Judiciary Committee are hashing out a bill that could stop law enforcement officers — including federal agents operating in Vermont — from masking while also weathering a potential lawsuit from the feds.

Locals show solidarity with immigrant community amid ICE activity

As the number of recent arrests, detentions and acts of violence by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials climbs across the country, local citizens are joining Americans across the country in growing numbers to push back.

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