Customs & Immigration

Protesters gathered at Taylor Park in downtown St. Albans to speak out against recent actions by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. A sit-in at the downtown federal building was planned to follow the protest, but the building was closed.

The top prosecutor in Chittenden County has decided not to charge the six protesters arrested last month during the ICE raid in South Burlington.

The former Tufts University student who was detained by federal immigration authorities last year says she has reached a settlement with the government over longstanding legal issues.

“Nacho” De La Cruz was paid to pick up people at the Canadian border and procure driver’s privilege cards for others, the feds allege. He pleaded not guilty to the charges Thursday.

Camila Patin Patin, of Ecuador, had been incarcerated for nine days.

President Trump has slashed the number of people on the Board of Immigration Appeals and stacked it with his appointees, tightening the due process available for immigrants, an NPR analysis shows.

Christian Humberto Jerez Andrade will have another hearing before an immigration court within the next week.

The court temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting some 6,000 Syrians and 350,000 Haitians who were granted Temporary Protected Status.

Jisella Johana Patin Patin, a mother of two who lives in South Burlington, was one of three immigrants detained during the chaotic raid last Wednesday.

With a key legislative deadline looming, lawmakers raced to get key policy bills out of committees this week.