Sanctuary cities endanger not only their own citizens and police but federal immigration officers, Sessions said, yet “have the gall to feign outrage when their police departments lose federal funds as a direct result of their malfeasance.”
President Donald Trump on Wednesday endorsed modernizing the nation’s immigration system by favoring new entries who bring needed skills to America.
It is unlikely DHS will be able execute such a massive hiring surge given the stringent security vetting and training requirements necessary to hire law enforcement officers.
Sanctuary jurisdictions will lose access to certain federal law enforcement grants in 2017 if they prohibit officials from communicating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, block ICE from interviewing jail inmates or fail to notify ICE of the pending release of criminal aliens ICE is seeking to deport.
The Department of Homeland Security released a trove of immigration data Monday showing that the U.S. government gives work permits to millions of migrants not usually counted in annual legal immigration totals.
Attorney General TJ Donovan says biometric photo reading software used by the DMV should remain suspended because it violates state law. The move may make more Vermonters vulnerable to fraud, however.
More jurisdictions across the country, like Maryland’s Anne Arundel County, are looking to do their part by joining the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s 287(g) program.
President Donald Trump’s travel ban is now in effect, and Vermont, a state committed to taking in refugees and shielding illegals, will have to adapt. But so far, no one seems to know how.
Rutland Mayor David Allaire is working to rebuild the city’s image around transparency and economic growth after winning an election widely regarded as a referendum on refugee resettlement.
After landing on a federal list of sanctuary jurisdictions, Montpelier has modified its policy on cooperating with the feds to enforce immigration law — but both the mayor and chief of police deny the change had anything to do with President Trump.
Despite oft-repeated claims that Vermont’s dairy industry can’t survive without illegal immigrant farm workers, owners of one Vermont dairy farm say automation, not illegal low-wage labor, is the solution to labor shortages. Columnist Meg Hansen reports.
Gov. Phil Scott on Tuesday signed an immigration bill that could cause the federal government to designate Vermont as a sanctuary jurisdiction.