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What to Expect in 2025

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Resources about what VT can expect in 2025

View Representative Balint’s full Press Conference on Immigration Rights featuring VAAP, the Attorney General’s Office, the State Refugee Office, and Vermont Afghan Alliance.
- January Practice alert ahead of January 20th https://www.vaapvt.org/blog/practice-alert-ahead-of-january-20-2025
- Know Your Responsibilities in VT https://www.vaapvt.org/blog/faq-know-your-responsibilities-in-vt
- Immigration and work https://www.vaapvt.org/blog/faq-immigration-amp-employment-intersections
- Workplace raids training (FREE) https://www.vaapvt.org/blog/save-the-date-workplace-raids-training-series
- Family planning https://www.vaapvt.org/blog/faq-family-planning-in-case-of-an-ice-arrest
- Temporary status https://www.vaapvt.org/blog/faq-temporary-immigration-status
- What happens after applying for asylum https://www.vaapvt.org/blog/faq-what-happens-after-i-apply
- Sanctuary schools https://www.vaapvt.org/blog/r028n18y0r4o4zzntwungd04tsx8fk
- State-based interventions VT can consider https://www.vaapvt.org/blog/what-laws-can-be-passed-locally
- December talking points on 2025 prep https://www.vaapvt.org/blog/vaap-talking-points
Watch Vermont Language Justice Project’s multilingual videos about what it means for Vermont to be located mostly within the 100-mile border zone.
VAAP and AALV legal experts shared crucial info at a community presentation interpreted into 3 languages on Dec 14. Access the video recordings by Vermont Language Justice Project here.
Watch the November 21 “lunch and learn” panel featuring Professors of Columbia’s Immigrant Rights Clinic and University of Detroit’s Immigration Law Clinic here.
Listen to November 20th’s episode of Vermont Edition here.
Read this July 2024 story about a Vermont family deported in violation of international and federal refugee law.
Read executive director Jill’s post-election essay here.
Read VAAP’s essay about responsible immigration reporting here.
Access the English and Spanish community-facing resources here on “What Do We Expect At The Beginning of Trump 2.0 and How You Can Get Prepared.”
Click here to view; also available on VAAP’s Instagram Highlights.
Guidance to nonprofits regarding immigration enforcement
Guidance for federal compliance in the next administration

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What to Expect in 2025

VAAP Know Your Rights and Call to Action with Congressperson Balint

VAAP Blog Posts about emerging updates and best practices

Multilingual Videos: Vermont as a Border State

Multilingual Videos: VAAP and AALV Know Your Rights Presentation

Video: "What You Can Do Now: Preparing for the Trump Administration"

VAAP conversations with Vermont Public

VAAP commentaries in VT Digger

National Immigration Project Preparing for 2025

Immigrant Legal Resource Center 2025 Primer

NY Lawyers for the Public Interest: Guidance to Nonprofits