February Local Media Roundup
Each month, VAAP endeavors to collate local media coverage of Vermont and nearby immigration justice issues of interest to our constituency. This month:
Vermont among 19 states offering immigration status-neutral driver privilege cards (WCAX, February 13)
Local immigration legal hero Sandy Baird passed away at 84 (Burlington Free Press, February 12)
Increased deportations could strain Vermont state prisons (VT Business Magazine, February 10)
Immigrant lumber workers organize to protest job and employer-provided housing loss with Migrant Justice (Vermont Public, February 7; Seven Days, February 7)
Vermont U.S. Attorney brings more federal immigration charges in criminal court agains immigrants from Spain and Ecuador (DOJ, February 7)
Addressing the mental health needs of impacted people in uncertain times (Vermont Public, February 6)
VAAP joins Burlington Housing Authority in addressing immigrants’ concerns about how to assert their rights with ICE at home (NBC5, February 4; MSN, February 5)
State Treasurer’s February 6th webinar will outline key steps employers can take to prepare for an ICE worksite visit (Brattleboro Reformer, February 4; WCAX February 7 and February 6; VT Biz Magazine, February 5)
VT, NH municipalities consider local welcoming and public safety policies, noting federal-local law enforcement partnerships continue to exist (WCAX, February 3)
Businesses close for national “Day Without Immigrants” (WCAX, February 3)
