Here Is A Great Video Short On Immigration!

August 4, 2025 0 Comments

  A new short video on immigration was released recently by the National Immigration Law Center. Our friends at the VT NH Asylum Support Network shared the video link to “We Get There Together” with us and we hope that you will share it with all your friends. Click here to the video now!  

Good News – St. Albans ICE Check-in Was Uneventful!

People rallying with signs. Image: R. Cogbill.
July 25, 2025 0 Comments

Earlier this week, Steven Tendo (a former CVRAN client) and Wuendy Bernardo (a Vermont dairy farmer and advocate) reported for routine check-ins at the St. Albans ICE office. Since many recent check-ins like these have ended with people being detained or worse, Migrant Justice and the NE Kingdom Asylum Seekers Assistance Network (NEKASAN) called for …

CVRAN Quarterly Meeting Coming Up

July 14, 2025 0 Comments

Members, volunteers and others – please join us for a CVRAN quarterly meeting on July 22nd! There will be a slideshow covering our recent activities as well as a question and answer session. NOTE the new location for our meeting. Come see our new office space at Bethany Church! CVRAN Quarterly Meeting July 22, 2025 5 …

A Little Bit More About The Mexican Consulate Visit

July 1, 2025 0 Comments

The Mexican Consulate provided some additional information about the visit: Approximately 140 people were served: 88 passports were issued; 22 consular IDs; 4 birth or dual nationality registrations were completed; and 17 Mexican birth certificates issued in Mexico were printed. Talks were given about migrant labor rights, health, and mental health issues. Though there was …

2025 Mexican Consulate Visit Was A Success

June 26, 2025 0 Comments

For the last several years, CVRAN has provided support and volunteers for the annual Mexican Consulate visit. Though there was less publicity about it than usual, the 2025 visit went off without a hitch last weekend. Thank you to all the wonderful volunteers who helped make it a success! You can read all about it …

We Need Books For Our Summer Reading Program!

June 18, 2025 0 Comments

CVRAN will be organizing a summer reading program again this year. It has become a welcome summer activity for our new Vermonter families. You can help by bringing gently used books to Bear Pond Books in Montpelier. They will collect them from June 19 -21 (this week). Please visit the Bear Pond website for information …

CVRAN’s Summer Reading Program 2025

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June 17, 2025 0 Comments

For the third year, CVRAN is offering a summer reading program for the children of new Americans. The program runs for 8 weeks during school vacation. The children range in age from preschoolers to high school students and each one meets for an hour a week with a CVRAN Reading Partner in the child’s home …

Free Nacho! Free Heidi! Not One More Deportation!

June 15, 2025 0 Comments

Yesterday, as hundreds of thousands around the country gathered to protest the administration’s inhumane and authoritarian attacks on human rights, Border Patrol agents in Vermont detained two Migrant Justice leaders. Jose Ignacio “Nacho” De La Cruz was driving with his stepdaughter Heidy Perez in Franklin County when they were pulled over. Agents smashed their car window …

Come Celebrate A Step In The Right Direction!

June 12, 2025 0 Comments

Be a happy activist! Come to a celebration Friday noon at the statehouse for a housing bill passed and ready to be signed by Governor Scott. CVRAN has been a co-sponsor of the bill which will help immigrants have a fair chance to obtain housing. Migrant Justice says “We’ll celebrate together in the statehouse THIS …

Meet Our New Direct Services Coordinator – Isabelle Tibi

June 10, 2025 0 Comments

CVRAN assists many people each year. Settling into a new country means you need to learn how things work here in every aspect of life. You probably don’t speak English and won’t have a car to get around. Finding a doctor, getting your children into school, grocery shopping – it can be overwhelming. That’s where …