Migrant farm workers ask governor to stop Vermont police from acting as immigration agents
VT Migrant Farmworker Solidarity Project From Brendan O’Neill, VT Migrant Farmworker Solidarity Project As Alabama Criminalizes Immigrant Communities Vermonters Pull Together to Show a Humane and Just Way Forward on Immigration Matters. VT Farm Workers Meet With Governor Seeking to Improve Bias-Free-Policing Policies and Stop Vermont Police From Acting as Immigration Agents. Friday, October 14- [...]
O'Neill: "Don't ask, don't tell" provision crucial for bias-free policing rules
Given the consistent failure of the federal government to create an authorized visa status for undocumented workers, it is most important that Vermont’s bias-free model provide very clear and concise guidance to state and local law enforcement agencies regarding their interactions and policies affecting these vulnerable community members. I want to assure you that currently, the immigrant community sees little or no distinction between law enforcement officials and immigration enforcement officials. Vermont has both an opportunity and responsibility to make this distinction explicit and known to the immigrant community.
Tragedy spurs a movement: Grassroots group forges connection between Mexico, Vermont
The death of a young migrant worker on a Vermont farm is the catalyst for a documentary film about a village in Chiapas and its direct link to the Green Mountains.
Santiz Cruz will be buried Monday in Chiapas
One Vermont dairy farmer raised $4,000 in donations from the farming community toward the cost of sending the body to Mexico.
