/tags/customs-immigration Customs & Immigration en-US ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Wed, 02 Apr 2025 19:37:18 GMT /local-news/2025-04-02/federal-prosecutors-say-tufts-student-was-moved-to-vermont-before-judges-order-to-keep-her-in-mass A Tufts graduate student from Turkey was moved from Massachusetts to Vermont and then Louisiana after being arrested according prosecutors who are challenging a federal judge's authority to review her detention. Wed, 02 Apr 2025 19:37:18 GMT /local-news/2025-04-02/federal-prosecutors-say-tufts-student-was-moved-to-vermont-before-judges-order-to-keep-her-in-mass Jesús Marrero Suárez /show/vermont-edition/2025-01-22/how-trumps-immigration-executive-orders-will-affect-vermont Immediately after being inaugurated, President Trump signed a slew of executive orders focused on immigration enforcement. Wed, 22 Jan 2025 19:02:54 GMT /show/vermont-edition/2025-01-22/how-trumps-immigration-executive-orders-will-affect-vermont Mikaela Lefrak, Jon Ehrens /local-news/2025-01-22/border-patrol-agent-killed-in-vermont-worked-at-the-pentagon-during-9-11-family-says "We are all devastated," David Maland's aunt told the Associated Press in a text. She called him an "exceptional person. Incredible man." Wed, 22 Jan 2025 16:40:01 GMT /local-news/2025-01-22/border-patrol-agent-killed-in-vermont-worked-at-the-pentagon-during-9-11-family-says Kathy McCormack and Patrick Whittle, Associated Press /local-news/2025-01-21/fbi-says-german-national-on-current-visa-involved-in-killing-of-border-patrol-agent Federal authorities investigating the shooting death of a Border Patrol agent on Monday say a German national in the U.S. on a “current visaâ€� was also killed in the exchange of gunfire. Wed, 22 Jan 2025 00:40:40 GMT /local-news/2025-01-21/fbi-says-german-national-on-current-visa-involved-in-killing-of-border-patrol-agent Mark Davis /local-news/2025-01-20/border-patrol-agent-involved-in-nek-shooting-interstate-91-closed A U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and killed in the line of duty in Coventry on Monday afternoon, authorities said. Mon, 20 Jan 2025 22:08:05 GMT /local-news/2025-01-20/border-patrol-agent-involved-in-nek-shooting-interstate-91-closed Mark Davis, Abagael Giles /local-news/2025-01-02/a-creative-collaboration-allows-this-addison-county-dental-clinic-to-care-for-immigrant-farmworkers According to an oral health equity report recently published by the nonprofit Voices for Vermont’s Children, people without legal immigration status face particularly big barriers to dental care. But there are local efforts to overcome these challenges. Thu, 02 Jan 2025 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2025-01-02/a-creative-collaboration-allows-this-addison-county-dental-clinic-to-care-for-immigrant-farmworkers Elodie Reed /show/vermont-edition/2024-11-20/how-trumps-immigration-policies-could-impact-vermont On the campaign trail, Donald Trump promised to carry out mass deportations as president. Wed, 20 Nov 2024 19:30:04 GMT /show/vermont-edition/2024-11-20/how-trumps-immigration-policies-could-impact-vermont Mikaela Lefrak, Daniela Fierro /local-news/2024-11-19/trump-deportation-plan-spurs-calls-protections-vermont-farmworkers Trump has repeatedly vowed to deport all of the estimated 11 million people living in the United States illegally. That population includes approximately 1,500 immigrants living and working on Vermont’s dairy farms, many of whom have resided in the state for more than a decade. Tue, 19 Nov 2024 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2024-11-19/trump-deportation-plan-spurs-calls-protections-vermont-farmworkers Peter Hirschfeld /2023-05-19/aclu-border-patrol-settle-lawsuit-over-checkpoints-on-interstate-93 The civil liberties group alleged the checkpoints are less about immigration enforcement, and instead serve as a pretext for drug sweeps. Fri, 19 May 2023 19:51:58 GMT /2023-05-19/aclu-border-patrol-settle-lawsuit-over-checkpoints-on-interstate-93 Todd Bookman /show/vermont-edition/2022-12-29/encore-whos-a-new-american-unpacking-the-phrase-and-its-use-in-vermont In this encore broadcast from November 2022, host Mikaela Lefrak and guests explore the term “New Americans," and hear from some who say the phrase unites communities of refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants, while others see it as divisive, confusing, or worse. Thu, 29 Dec 2022 15:00:00 GMT /show/vermont-edition/2022-12-29/encore-whos-a-new-american-unpacking-the-phrase-and-its-use-in-vermont Mikaela Lefrak, Matthew F Smith