Migrant Justice

A mobile Mexican consulate set up in Montpelier to help nationals obtain passports, birth certificates and other official documents. An undocumented farmworker living in Vermont who drove his coworkers to the event discussed the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown and his own journey to the U.S.

Plus, three more members of the Vermont farmworker community arrested last month have now been released on bail, while four people have been deported and two remain in detention.

El mismo comité examinó si los trabajadores agrícolas deberían tener derechos de negociación colectiva — pero en última instancia no hizo una recomendación a la Legislatura de Vermont.

The same committee examined whether farmworkers should have collective bargaining rights — but ultimately didn’t make a recommendation to the Vermont Legislature.

Trump has repeatedly vowed to deport all of the estimated 11 million people living in the United States illegally. That population includes approximately 1,500 immigrants living and working on Vermont’s dairy farms, many of whom have resided in the state for more than a decade.

Members of Migrant Justice held a press conference in West Pawlet last month to denounce the alleged assaults of a farmworker and his nephew. The farm owner has since been issued a citation for two counts of misdemeanor simple assault.

Los agentes del Servicio de Control de Inmigración y Aduanas (ICE) de EE.UU. en Vermont deportaron a una madre y a sus dos hijos antes de que la familia solicitara una suspensión de deportación, impactando a los defensores.

ICE agents in Vermont deported a mother and her two children before they could apply for a stay of removal, shocking her supporters.

Migrant Justice, a farmworker advocacy group, partnered with Vermont Law and Graduate School's Center for Agriculture and Food Systems in 2018 to develop a manual of farmworker's rights. Now, they've updated the guide.

"Hide" takes viewers inside the daily lives of migrant farmers who sustain Vermont's dairy farms as they organize in an effort to overcome isolation and discrimination.