Local deputies won’t participate in border program

The program has come under increased scrutiny here in Vermont in the wake of an incident last month.

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

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.

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

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)

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

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.

“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.”

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

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

“Is it going to be for citizens or is it going to be for illegal immigrants? I am not for that. I know that seems heartless; I’m sorry about that. But I think citizens should get the benefits.” — Lynn Dike

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

“I didn’t get everything I wanted, and neither did you. But that’s the way compromise works.” — Gov. Phil Scott

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

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.