The people who milk the cows are essential workers - even if they’re here illegally. And if citizens get $1200 of free money from the government, why shouldn’t ‘undocumented workers’?

On Election Day in November, the immigrant-heavy city of Winooski will consider allowing non-citizens to vote in local elections.

Like the poster says, the cows don’t milk themselves. Much of the job is done by migrant workers working illegally in Vermont. A bill passed by the Vermont Legislature appropriates $5 million in state funds to send $1200 each to 4,000 adults and 1,000 children.

A young trans activist for Vermont illegal immigrant farmworkers has died of Covid-19, after being deported to Mexico, Migrant Justice reported Tuesday.

Many of the workers who milk cows and pick crops are in Vermont illegally. Still, their work is more essential than ever - why shouldn’t they get some of that federal recovery moolah?

The Town of Hartford - the “welcoming” town for illegal immigrants - is NOT behaving like Big Brother to second-home owners. Really. It just wants them to check in upon arrival.

Vermont’s illegal immigrant workers - estimated at about 1,000 - are concerned about being required to go to work and interact with other farm workers, VT Digger reports.

The Burlington City Council formally decided its police department won’t be cooperating with federal immigration police. What’s at stake is (at the very least) funding for a big federal grant.

A regional bus line won’t allow federal agents on board to search for illegal immigrants - a decision that is apparently inline with a U.S. government memo issued recently.

About 100 people protested at Burlington City Hall because the city council pulled from the agenda a resolution making it unlawful for Burlington cops to cooperate with federal Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) regarding illegal immigrants.