Federal immigration enforcement in Vermont is not new. What is, legal experts say, is what they describe as an intensifying rhetoric and “fear-mongering” at the federal level. Groups in Vermont are trying to combat fear with crowd-sourcing more information.
I’m honored to partner with local and national experts to help ensure Vermont employers and their workers know what to do should ICE come knocking.” Amy Spear, President of the Vermont Chamber of Commerce,
Some schools in Vermont are preparing for the worst if federal authorities come to their doors. WCAX told you about the Winooski School District, creating a policy to become a sanctuary school. The policy limits access to student and family information if federal agents from U.
Law enforcement agencies in several states are reportedly searching for a woman believed to have supplied guns used in the fatal shooting of a Border Patrol agent last week.
The "sanctuary schools policy" was introduced to the Winooski School Board of Trustees earlier this month. A summary of the measure states the Winooski School District would "establish itself as a safe place for its students and their families if faced with fear and anxiety about immigration enforcement efforts."
NBC5 learned that Noem landed in Vermont to meet with CPB and participated in a photo op on the U.S.-Canada border.
Vermont authorities say they are not aware of any immigration enforcement efforts taking place on farms or workplaces in the state.
Police records show that law enforcement officials are searching for a 32-year-old woman related to the purchase of the firearms allegedly used in the killing of Border Patrol agent David Maland.
President Donald Trump signed the bipartisan Laken Riley Act into law as his administration’s first piece of legislation. People who are in the United States illegally and are accused of theft and violent crimes would have to be detained and potentially deported even before a conviction.
Two members of Bennington’s legal immigrant community expressed concerns that they could be swept up in the new administration’s immigration enforcement efforts, for instance during a traffic stop.
An arrest was made for the shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent shot during a traffic stop in Vermont, according to the FBI.
An American woman and a German man were under periodic surveillance before a shooting near the Canadian border left one suspect and one Border Patrol agent dead.