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News
Hundreds of Afghan Evacuees Are Cobbling Together New Lives in Vermont. But They Can't Help Looking Homeward.
The dreaded news came as Zarghoona Jalalzoy's normally short commute through Kabul stretched to two hours. The Taliban have entered the city, the… -
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Arts + Culture
Immigration Lawyer-Turned-Novelist Susan Mills Taps Her Clients’ True Stories of Gang Violence for Material
Fifteen-year-old soccer star Petra is just awakening to the realities of the world beyond her tiny village in the hills of Guatemala. The Ladino… -
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On Screen
Movie Review: Flee
Yesterday it became official — the Danish film Flee has been nominated for the Oscars for Best Animated Feature, Best Documentary Feature and Best… -
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News
Public Health Expert Tracy Dolan Readies Vermont for Afghan Arrivals
Tracy Dolan was traveling one night on a remote road in northeastern Afghanistan when local warlords stopped the car she was riding in. It… -
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Arts + Culture
In New Graphic Anthology 'Most Costly Journey,' Vermont’s Migrant Farmworkers Tell Their Stories
The story of Guadalupe unfurls over eight densely illustrated pages, heavy with ink and emotion, in the recently published The Most Costly Journey: Stories… -
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Guides
Vermonter Jason Chin Illustrates New Picture Book About Chinese Immigrants
Watercress tells the story of a girl whose parents gather wild watercress along a roadside in the rural Midwest. At first embarrassed by their… -
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Arts + Culture
Why Did the U.S. Government Change Its Naturalization Test?
Most weeks, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot seeks to answer questions that befuddle or pique the curiosity of our readers and staff, such as: "Why are… -
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News
ICE Agrees to Stop Deportations of Three Migrant Justice Activists
Immigration and Customs Enforcement will cease deportation proceedings against three Migrant Justice activists and pay $100,000 to settle a federal lawsuit claiming it had unlawfully… -
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News
ACLU of Vermont Joins Lawsuit Challenging Checkpoints
A lawsuit filed Tuesday by American Civil Liberties Union affiliates in Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire accuses immigration authorities of routinely conducting illegal checkpoints many… -
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News
Burlington City Council Passes Amended Impartial Policing Policy
The Burlington City Council on Monday night voted to adopt a policy that will bar local police from collaborating with federal immigration agents. The… -
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News
Burlington Considers Allowing Noncitizens to Vote — Again
Martin Baumann and his wife, Gabriele, moved to Burlington in 1998 and sent four children through the local school system. Gabriele volunteered as the… -
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News
Sheriff Clears Deputy Accused of Violating Fair and Impartial Policy
The Chittenden County sheriff has cleared a deputy involved in the November detainment of a 21-year-old farmworker. Advocacy group Migrant Justice had accused Deputy… -
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News
Vermont Law School Unveils a Burlington Office
Vermont Law School planted a flag in Burlington Tuesday with the opening of an office that will serve as an immigration legal clinic, admissions… -
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News
Refugee Who Survived the 'Voyage of the Damned' Says 'People Haven't Learned Anything'
Eighty years ago, Jane Keibel stepped aboard the M.S. St. Louis and said goodbye to Germany, the only home she had ever known. It… -
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News
Border Agents Need 'Reasonable Suspicion' to Search Devices, Judge Rules
A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that border patrol agents cannot search electronic devices without “reasonable suspicion,” a decision that the American Civil Liberties Union… -
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News
As Hundreds Protest ICE, Border Patrol Runs a Checkpoint
Updated 2:45 p.m. July 29, 2019 Several hundred protesters marched through Williston to the nondescript Immigration and Customs Enforcement intelligence center on Sunday in an… -
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News
Walmart Arrests Show Why Undocumented Farmworkers Are Leery of Food Shopping
Zully Palacios stood out at the July 2 rally on Burlington's Church Street that drew hundreds to protest the Trump administration's child internment centers… -
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Weinberger: Migrants Welcome in Burlington if Trump Carries Out Plan
Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger said the city would welcome migrants apprehended at the southern border if President Donald Trump makes good on his plan… -
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News
Vermont Senate Seeks to Tear Down Employment Barriers for New Americans
Gov. Phil Scott's plan to reimburse remote workers up to $10,000 to move to Vermont generated plenty of publicity last year, sending the message… -
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Arts + Culture
Scholarship Program Brings Syrian Students to St. Johnsbury Academy
Majd Alabas, 17, got down on all fours on the wrestling mat at the former Black Bear Tavern & Grille in St. Johnsbury and… -
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News
Winooski Green Card Holder Faces Deportation for Pot Conviction
Thao Vo was riding to the bank on his motorcycle last August when a man driving a black Dodge Durango pulled him over. A… -
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News
Visa Program Provides Lifeline for Noncitizen Crime Victims
Huma and her husband were newlyweds when he first hit her. She had never imagined that such a thing could happen, even though domestic… -
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News
Sanders, Zupan Clash in a Fiery, Wide-Ranging Debate
In a heated debate Monday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Republican challenger Lawrence Zupan gave voters a clear sense of the gulf between their… -
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News
In Plainfield, Mexican Citizens Line Up for Their Papers
In a drab, concrete building on the Goddard College campus in rural Plainfield, the Consulate General of Mexico set up shop Saturday to help… -
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Arts + Culture
Middlebury Animation Studio Short Addresses Family Separation
"What if the day that you grew up was the day your parents got taken away because they were undocumented?" That question comes from…
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