Immigration

Increased ICE presence has caused a ripple effect across the entire state, according to Winooski Superintendent Wilmer Chavarria.

Supporters say S.208 would build public trust while officials raised questions about enforcement and exceptions.

Protesters engaged in an hour-long meditative sit-in to condemn the deportation of Vermont residents

“Most of our students have immigration backgrounds … and it has not been easy,” said Stevya Mukuzo, an outreach counselor and educator at Winooski High School.

The Canadian students say they are frustrated by how tariffs affect their daily lives.

Rutland area residents took to the streets Thursday as part of nationwide protests of the Trump administration.

Mohsen Mahdawi, a Columbia University student and Vermont resident, was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Colchester this month.

Immigration crackdown makes migrant dairy workers vulnerable, advocates say

Poet Greg Delanty grew up in Cork, Ireland. He teaches literature at Saint Michael’s College.

Said a South Burlington teacher: “There has to be a balance, right? I don’t want this to be my only focus because the more the student feels embroiled in this situation, the more unsteady they’re going to feel.”

“We will not willingly unlock the doors if our legal counsel has not advised us to do that,” Winooski Schools Superintendent Wilmer Chavarria said.

The Central Vermont Refugee Action Network was founded in 2015 due to concerns with how people were being separated and mistreated at the border.

Usually up to 20 detainees from Immigration and Customs Enforcement are held in state prisons on a given day.

The survey, done with the University of Massachusetts Amherst Labor Center, focused on 212 Spanish-speaking migrants working on farms.

Any Brattleboroean can benefit from MicroMoo2 but the influx of resettled refugees made the need even more urgent.

Mejia was working with her legal team to file for asylum and apply for a visa for human trafficking victims, said Migrant Justice.

In response to the challenges faced by asylum-seekers and others with special immigration statuses as vulnerable people, volunteer-based organizations in Vermont have a solution: raising money through the arts. 

Support from migrant rights activists is competing with concerns about the legality of the proposed policy change and, from law enforcement, wariness about restrictions on their jobs.  

Committee members are confused on what their vote meant — and now need to revote, a Criminal Justice Council admin told CNS.

With the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020 came a rush of guidance on masks, testing, vaccines and social-distancing. But even with all the messages from the CDC and local communities, there was a communication issue.

With the flooding, the group has refocused back on crisis information, like how to recognize waterbodies now polluted with nasties like cyanobacteria.

In 2010, Alejandra Perez decided to build her own community by cooking and selling authentic Mexican food outside her home.

The EAP course intends to help multilingual students develop reading and writing skills expected in an English-speaking college. The course covers classroom culture, academic expectations, history, and design of U.S. collegiate institutions.

On Town Meeting Day, Burlington will vote on a provision to allow all legal resident voting.