Immigration

U.S. District Court Judge Geoffrey Crawford ordered Mohsen Mahdawi to be released from detention Wednesday morning, more than two weeks after he was arrested by ICE at his citizenship appointment in Vermont.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents arrested and detained eight workers at Pleasant Valley Farms on Monday, according to the dairy farm owners and an organization that represents migrant farmworkers.

Judge William Sessions' order also stated the constitutional concerns raised by Rümeysa Öztürk and her attorneys warrant "full and fair consideration."

The college has shared little about the students in question, their immigration status, or their circumstances. But officials have suggested these events fit a pattern evident in a nationwide crackdown on foreign students.

Republican Gov. Phil Scott says prohibiting federal immigration authorities from using state-owned prisons to lodge detainees could end up hurting the immigrants that Democratic lawmakers are trying to protect.

Friends of White River Junction resident Mohsen Mahdawi say he was called in for a citizenship interview Monday and left in handcuffs.

The matter before Judge William K. Sessions III concerns the Vermont federal court’s jurisdiction in a legal challenge to last month’s arrest of Turkish national Rümeysa Öztürk.

In the face of raids and threats to previously safe spaces, some immigrants in the U.S. without legal status are weighing whether to heed Trump's call to voluntarily leave the U.S.

Rümeysa Öztürk's sworn statement was filed alongside a motion from her attorneys seeking her immediate release from detention while they fight the revocation of her visa. Her case is being considered in Vermont.

Representatives for Vermont landlords and bankers have pushed back against the bill, citing the current political environment for immigrants without legal status.