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After the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in the fall of 2021, the U.S. evacuated tens of thousands of Afghans whose lives were in danger. About 100 of them ended up as refugees in Brattleboro. Among them was a group of women who share their stories in a new podcast series.

Agriculture Secretary Anson Tebbetts said farmers across the state are concerned about federal immigration enforcement after border agents arrested eight migrant farmworkers last month in northwestern Vermont.

Economic officials and immigrant advocates are urging lawmakers to consider bolstering supports for the 30,000 foreign-born Vermonters that make up a growing share of the state’s workforce.

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a motion by the federal government to delay or block the Tufts University doctoral student's transfer to Vermont for a bail hearing. The judges also stated that if the government detained Öztürk to prevent speech with which it disagrees, "Such an act would be a violation of the Constitution."

NPR spoke to immigration experts and lawyers and reviewed government documents to break down the steps and associated costs of the U.S. deportation process.

The administration's recent actions to fire immigration judges and other steps are chipping away at what was already an imperfect system in administrative courts.

A federal judge last week ordered Mohsen Mahdawi to be released from prison while his immigration case is pending. In his first interview with Vermont media since his release, Mahdawi spoke about his time in prison, what it’s been like since his release and his plans for the future.

U.S. District Court Judge Geoffrey Crawford ordered Mohsen Mahdawi to be released from detention Wednesday morning, more than two weeks after he was arrested by ICE at his citizenship appointment in Vermont.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents arrested and detained eight workers at Pleasant Valley Farms on Monday, according to the dairy farm owners and an organization that represents migrant farmworkers.

Judge William Sessions' order also stated the constitutional concerns raised by Rümeysa Öztürk and her attorneys warrant "full and fair consideration."