Update: ICE arrests roofers at work in Cornwall

The property owner was never shown a warrant or told by agents why they were there.

Updated: ICE arrests two men in Cornwall on Saturday

In a sweep of Immigration and Customs Enforcements action over the past few days, federal police arrested two men at a Cornwall home at around on Saturday.

Opinion: Why am I not weeping for immigrants?

“I am ashamed that I have hardened my heart to protect myself from this grief.”

Poem: Cross Street Bridge

I stood on the Cross Street Bridge with thirty or forty friends I didn’t know our presence and the signs we held the banners and flags unfurled proclaimed our disdain for ICE roaming the streets of America the murders in Houston and Biddeford fresh in our … (read more)

Ways of Seeing: Refilling the joy coffers

“Immigration officials and law enforcement are participating in atrocities every day.”

Opinion: Show your feelings at a vigil this Saturday

If you are concerned, angry and appalled at these killings and these immigration policies, you are invited to join a vigil on Saturday, July 25, from 4-5 p.m. at the Cross Street Bridge in Middlebury.

Opinion: Local ICE arrest echoes 500 years of history

“If we believed our Latino neighbors were our equals . . . we would see the link between the crimes against humanity witnessed 500 years ago by Bartolomeo de las Casas and the arbitrary seizure and detention of people from within our communities today.”

‘Where are the young people?’ Seniors take the helm of anti-Trump protests

Three local seniors regularly involved in anti-Trump protests had different takes on why different generations are missing from the demonstrations.

ICE operatives take three locals into custody

Three Addison County residents were taken into custody by federal immigration officials on Tuesday.

Opinion: As Lt. Gov., Molly Gray would fight ICE

“Vermont needs a Lt. Governor that will fight for our values, not just in words, but in experience and tangible action.”

Opinion: You don’t need a weatherman

Dylan’s lyrics remind listeners that you don’t need an expert or specialist to reveal the obvious.

Opinion: Citizens Bank must divest from Trump’s cruelty

Sometimes it feels like we are being sprayed daily by a firehose of corruption, lies, incompetence, cruelty, rule-breaking, ignorance and delusion by President Trump and his administration. It is exhausting. It is also important to keep speaking up and re … (read more)

Vermont House stops short of unmasking ICE, dividing House Democrats

Then the Vermont House passed a bill Wednesday that stops short of its original ambition.

Man wanted in ICE raids is a no-show at Middlebury court on unrelated charge

Three people who were taken into custody by federal immigration officials during the raid, and were not named in the federal warrant, have since been released by judges. 

Sing in peaceful resistance: ICE out Vt. Alliance mobilizing in St. Albans on May 8

Vermonters organize a ‘Beautiful Resistance’ and invite others to join them in St. Albans on May 8. ‘We sing because song is an antidote to fear.’

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