In September of 2011, two migrant farmworkers were arrested during a routine traffic stop. The workers were not involved in the infraction, yet they were asked for immigration documentation.
That incident led to an outcry from the migrant farm community and, eventually, to a law requiring the state’s law enforcement agencies to adopt a bias-free policing policy.
Two years after that law was passed, many agencies have not complied with it nor is anyone tasked with monitoring compliance.
We talk with Migrant Justice Campaign Coordinator Abel Luna, Vermont State Police Director Colonel Thomas L’Esperance, Vermont Partnership for Fairness and Diversity Executive Director Curtiss Reed and Hinesburg State Representative Bill Lippert about the effectiveness of the bill and what might be done to strengthen it.
Plus, we check in on Bennington's efforts to expand National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. The annual event to help people dispose of unwanted to drugs is this Saturday. Find a site near you in Vermont.
And we reach into our virtual mailbag to read your comments.
Broadcast live on Thursday, April 24 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.
