Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Activists rallied in Glens Falls Thursday after a long-time local resident with legal status was arrested by federal immigration authorities in Saratoga County.

A federal appeals court on Wednesday granted a judge’s order to bring a Turkish Tufts University student from a Louisiana immigration detention center back to New England for hearings to determine whether her rights were violated.

The Burlington, Vermont City Council has passed a resolution supporting free speech and the students recently arrested and detained by ICE.

Berkshire County immigration activists are still taking stock after more than a dozen residents were taken away by federal agents during U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids last month.

In the wake of eight Vermont farmworkers being detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Monday, Governor Phil Scott faced numerous questions during his weekly briefing today about migrant workers and federal actions.

Burlington, Vermont’s mayor held her monthly community health and safety briefing this week to provide updates on the police and fire departments and general public safety issues.

Vermont Governor Phil Scott’s weekly briefing today focused on the state legislature’s lack of progress on his priorities. The Republican was also bombarded with questions about the state’s role in ICE detentions.

An outspoken critic of the Israel-Hamas war was arrested in Vermont. The state’s Congressional delegation is condemning the arrest.

Vermont’s Republican governor tried to focus his weekly briefing on tax relief proposals. But Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, activity is overshadowing his legislative proposals.

At least 10 people were detained by federal agents in a series of immigration raids across Berkshire County Wednesday.