Sudden Separations: Immigration Enforcement in Vermont

Zoe McDonald

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Vermont Public

Trump’s deportation campaign has hit Vermont. Immigrants say they’re here to stay

Peter Hirschfeld

In the last 10 months, federal agents have arrested more than 100 people in Vermont. Those arrests have upended the lives of individuals and the families they support, and sent shockwaves through their communities.
Zoe McDonald

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Vermont Public

In Winooski, 3 arrests upend a family’s quiet life

Peter Hirschfeld

On a fateful Wednesday morning in late August, a tight-knit family's sense of safety in Vermont turned to fear.
Brian Stevenson

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Vermont Public

An Ecuadorian family’s path to asylum hangs in the balance

Peter Hirschfeld

Fleeing political and gang violence in Ecuador, the family first settled in New York. When they began hearing about other asylum seekers getting detained and deported, they came to Vermont, hoping it would be safer.
Joey Palumbo

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Vermont Public

She fought for the right to attend college in Vermont. Now she’s facing deportation

Peter Hirschfeld

Eighteen-year-old Heidi Perez followed her mother to Vermont from Chiapas, Mexico. She is fighting a deportation order as she attends her first year of college at Vermont State University in Castleton.

For this series, Vermont Public's Peter Hirschfeld traveled up and down the state over the course of several months to speak with immigrant families, spending hours in their homes or at their school. This type of in-depth reporting is only possible thanks to the financial support of Vermont Public members. Become one by making your gift today.