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Established in 2015, the Central Vermont Refugee Action Network, Inc. (CVRAN) is a Board-governed, registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization based in Montpelier and dedicated to making our communities welcoming safe places for New Vermonters from countries around the world to visit, work, and live in.
Some of these New Vermonters are refugees who were in refugee camps for many years, and suffered from persecution, violence, instability, deprivation, and homelessness before being allowed to enter the United States. Others are asylum seekers who are unable to return to their home countries for the same reasons but fled as individuals or families and are in the process of applying to the federal government for asylum. And still others are migrant farm workers who have left their permanent homes to work on dairy farms, usually for years at a time.
From Facebook
"After 13 days of encampment, undocumented immigrant leaders in Massachusetts have decided to close the encampment for drivers licenses for all. Immigrant families and allies have been there day and night, rain or shine. They have even been threaten by a white supremacist for "being in a place that doesn't belong to us". Yet again, the legislators failed our immigrant families. We have not lost because our victory is in our strength,
"The amendment didn't go through in the State Senate, then Senate says it will have an extended session later this year. This is politics for the legislators, but for us it is our families livelihood.
"They call us essential workers, but yet they deny us our basic dignity."
17 states have done this, where is liberal Massachusetts?
"We are not asking for a favor, we are demanding our right as a community, the right to drive without fear of deportation and be separated from our families. "
Our fight continues. Right now, the leaders will rest from this action then they'll organize community meetings next weekend.
Cosecha Massachusetts immigrant leaders have called out of work so they can participate in the #LicensesForAll encampment. We rely on community donations for all our supplies —can you chip in $15 to support their work?
Thank you for all the support, we know that only coming together can we win.
Let's continue fighting for justice,"
Emily from Cosecha
Movimiento Cosecha
Trump announced a new move to dismantle DACA! His administration will not accept new DACA applications and DACA renewals would be approved for just one year, instead of two.
Trump is putting thousands in our communities in danger of deportation. He is hellbent on using immigrant youth with DACA as leverage to grow the deportation force to jail and deport immigrants. He will continue to attack immigrants as a way to distract from his catastrophic failures dealing with the COVID-19 global health and economic crisis. But we aren’t stopping our fight for a second! Right now we must spring into action with the new information we have to reach as many undocumented people and DACA recipients as possible.
Will you make a donation of any amount to the United We Dream Action DACA Rapid Response Fund? Our budget is running low after fighting hard to win at the Supreme Court, and we are relying on grassroots donors like you to help us reach as many people as possible right now. Consider a donation of $10 — or more, if you can — today.
Thanks for anything you can do to help,
Juanita from United We Dream Action
Suddenly You Are Nobody, a substantial 245-page book ($19.95), is an overview of recently arrived refugees and immigrants to Vermont - primarily to the greater Burlington area - from the early 1990s to the present. There are compelling stories of 30 men and women from 17 countries. Julia Alvarez has written the foreword. The book was published (2019) by Huntington Graphics in Burlington. Jared Gange is an editor and writer. Many excellent color photographs are provided by Katie Figura.
Canadian Court Says Asylum Treaty With U.S. Is Unconstitutional
www.nytimes.com/2020/07/22/world/canada/asylum-Safe-Third-Country-Agreement.html?referringSource=...
Canadian Court Says Asylum Treaty With U.S. Is Unconstitutional
www.nytimes.com
The treaty has long been criticized by human-rights advocates who said it tacitly encouraged asylum-seekers to circumvent Canada’s official land borders.Sign Petition: Demand Justice for Immigrant Women Sexually Abused By ICE Agents and Facility Staff
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These are vulnerable women being sexually abused at the hands of people who are supposed to help them. (88267 signatures on petition)