In the News
For press inquiries contact Will Lambek (802) 321-8393, will@migrantjustice.net or at the office 802-540-8370
Read below for a sampling of press coverage of Migrant Justice over the years:
- 2009-2011: Early Years
- 2012-2013: Driver's License Campaign
- 2014-2017: Ben & Jerry's Campaign + Beginning of ICE Targeting of Migrant Justice
- 2018-2020: Milk with Dignity Implementation + ICE Lawsuit
- 2020-Present: Hannaford Campaign + Legislative Advances
November 26, 2024, “‘We put down roots here:’ Vermont’s immigrant farm workers worry about Trump’s mass deportation plan,” VTDigger
November 26, 2024, “We put down roots here:’ Vermont’s immigrant farm workers worry about Trump’s mass deportation plan” News from the States
November 20, 2024, “How Trump's immigration policies could impact Vermont,” Vermont Public
November 19, 2024, “Trump deportation plan spurs calls for protections for Vermont farmworkers,” Vermont Public
November 16, 2024, “Farmworkers Are Organizing to Resist Trump’s Attacks on Immigrant Workers,” Truthout
November 13, 2024, “Hulina: Milk with Dignity,” Rutland Herald
November 5, 2024, “Commentary: Assuring fresh dairy,” Bennington Banner
October 29, 2024, “Pawlet Select Board member accepts diversion sentence in alleged assault on migrant farm worker,” Bennington Banner
October 28, 2024, “Pawlet Select Board member accepts diversion sentence in alleged assault on migrant farm worker,” Manchester Journal
October 24, 2024, “Advocates rally for migrant dairy farmers’ rights,” the Other Paper
October 20, 2024, “Dairy farm workers hold picket at Belfast Hannaford,” MSN
October 19, 2024, “Dairy farm workers hold picket at Belfast Hannaford,” Bangor WABI-TV Channel 5
October 19, 2024, “Dairy workers picket outside Belfast Hannaford,” Fox 22 WFVX Bangor
October 18, 2024, “In review: Emergency family shelters, Woodstock worker housing, dairy farmworker conditions | Vermont Public,” Vermont Public
October 18, 2024, “Dairy workers report unsafe work, low pay in Migrant Justice study,” VermontBiz
October 17, 2024, “Migrant workers pressure Hannaford,” News and Citizen
October 17, 2024, “Dairy workers report unsafe work, low pay in Migrant Justice study,” NewsBreak
October 16, 2024, “Dairy workers report unsafe work, low pay in Migrant Justice study,” WCAX CBS Channel 3
October 11, 2024, “Dairy workers report unsafe work, low pay in Migrant Justice study,” Community News Service
October 3, 2024, “Vermont farmworkers continue labor, housing rights campaign as survey shows ongoing bad conditions,” Vermont Public
September 4, 2024, “The cost of the “American dream”: migrants dying due to extreme working conditions in the US,” Radio Cadena Agramonte
September 3, 2024, ““Happy cows without happy workers?” How Migrant Justice is fighting for improved labour conditions in the US’ dairy industry,” International Institute of Social Studies
September 3, 2024, “Record migrant traffic from Canada prompts border patrol agent surge, and new limits on asylum seekers,” Valley News
September 2, 2024, “Migrant farm worker deaths show cost of the 'American Dream',” BBC
August 30, 2024, “Record migrant traffic from Canada prompts border patrol agent surge, and new limits on asylum seekers,” VTDigger
August 21, 2024, “She Was Expecting a Routine Check-in. Instead, She and Her Kids Were Deported,” The Rake
August 16, 2024, “Forced labor persists in the U.S. food supply chain,” AXIOS
August 14, 2024, “Pawlet Select Board member cited for assaulting farm worker, juvenile,” Mountain Times
August 12, 2024, “Thanks to a new law, a migrant worker dreams of getting a higher education in Vermont,” Burlington Free Press
August 12, 2024, “Thanks to a new law, a migrant worker dreams of getting a higher education in Vermont,” AOL News
August 7, 2024, “WTSA News for Wednesday August 7th 2024,” WTSA Radio
August 6, 2024, “Pawlet Selectboard member cited for assaulting farm worker, juvenile,” VTDigger
August 6, 2024, “Rutland County farm owner cited in alleged assaults of employee and teenager,” Vermont Public
August 6, 2024, “Pawlet farm owner, Select Board member cited for assault,” Bennington Banner
August 6, 2024, “Pawlet farm owner, Select Board member cited for assault,” Brattleboro Reformer
August 6, 2024, ”Pawlet farm owner, Select Board member cited for assault,” Manchester Journal
August 5, 2024, “West Pawlet farmer cited for alleged assault of farmworker,” WCAX CBS Channel 3
July 30, 2024, “To help prevent another pandemic, we must protect US farmworkers from avian flu,” Boston Globe
July 25, 2024, “Immigration Officials Illegally Deported Vermont Family, Advocates Say,” Seven Days
July 24, 2024, “ICE deports Honduran family before they can apply to stay in Vermont,” Vermont Public
July 23, 2024, “Jill Martin Diaz and Phebe Lowry: Greisy Mieja’s story highlights the local impact of national immigration policy,” VTDigger
July 21, 2024, “Nowhere to go’: Migrant advocates say deported Honduran family was denied asylum rights,” Vermont Biz
July 18, 2024, “Migrant justice issues continue for farm workers,” Addison County Independent
July 18, 2024, “Migrant Justice targets major grocer with farmworker campaign,” Burlington Free Press
July 17, 2024, “Advocates say Vermont woman was wrongfully deported to Honduras,” VTDigger
July 5, 2024, “The little-known but successful model for protecting human and labor rights,” Vox
June 5, 2024, “Migrant Justice partnership releases updated housing and employment rights handbook for dairy workers,” Vermont Public
May 31, 2024, “Gov. Scott signs bill aimed to provide equity in grants and tuition regardless of residency status,” Bennington Banner
May 30, 2024, “Vt. bill would allow student financial aid regardless of immigration status,” WCAX CBS Channel 3
May 30, 2024, “Immigrants and lawmakers urging Gov. Scott to sign new education equity bill,” NBC Channel 5
May 25, 2024, “Farm workers rally at Hannaford headquarters,” News Center Maine
May 25, 2024, “Farmworkers protest Hannaford’s stance on ‘Milk with Dignity’ movement,” Portland Press Herald
May 24, 2024, “Migrant dairy farm workers ask Hannaford for more support,” WGME
May 17, 2024, “H5N1 doesn’t have to be a repeat of Covid-19’s ‘public health versus the economy,’” STAT News
May 4, 2024, “Walder: Updated policing policy continues to put immigrant communities at risk,” Rutland Herald
May 2, 2024, “Dairy workers call for Hannaford to join ‘Milk With Dignity,’” MyCamplainValley ABC/Fox
May 1, 2024, “Vermont unions and advocacy groups celebrate International Workers' Day,” NBC Channel 5
April 30, 2024, “Vermont Farmworkers Go to Amsterdam to Fight for “Milk With Dignity”,” Truthout
April 12, 2024, “Vermont immigrant farmworker advocates go abroad as they continue fight for better protections,” Vermont Public
April 11, 2024 “A farm worker who fled violence in Guatemala to build a life in Vermont may lose it all,” Burlington Free Press
March 28, 2024, “Bi-National People's Tribunal on the Struggles of Farmworkers in North America,” Yahoo! Finance
March 27, 2024, “Mills’ farmworker minimum wage bill seen as progress but still creates ‘second-class’ workers,” Maine Beacon
March 22, 2024, “When Corporate Sustainability Goals Are Good for Business,” Modern Farmer
March 20, 2024, “Florida to Ban Farmworker Heat Protections. A Groundbreaking Partnership Offers a Solution,” Civil Eats
March 14, 2024, “10 years after 'Hide,' migrant farmworkers in Vt. are still seeking rights,” Vermont Public
March 13, 2024, “Protect immigrants from unfair policing,” The Commons
March 8, 2024, “Farmworker Festival Dials Up Pressure on Wendy’s Billionaire Chairman,” Truthout
February 29, 2024, “Officer who disparaged migrant worker quits Shelburne board,” Shelburne News
February 27, 2024, “Immigrant Dairy Workers Often Endure Substandard Housing Conditions. The Law Doesn’t Protect Them,” ProPublica
February 19, 2024, “Criminal Justice Council to decide on fair and impartial policing policy,” WCAX CBS Channel 3
February 19, 2024, “No Más Polimigra members: Protect immigrants from unfair policing,” VTDigger
February 16, 2024, “Migrant Justice launches a new and expanded survey of dairy farm workers in Vermont,” VTDigger
February 12, 2024, “Frustration mounts over delayed vote on Vermont’s fair and impartial policing policy,” VTDigger
February 8, 2024, “Vermont Criminal Justice Council member resigns following hot mic comment,” WAMC Northeast Public Radio
February 8, 2024, “Mike Major resigns from Vermont Criminal Justice Council after 'appalling incident',” Vermont Business Magazine
February 8, 2024, “Police officer resigns after 'offensive' comment during migrant worker's testimony,” NBC Channel 5
February 7, 2024, “A Remark Caught on Hot Mic Leads Deputy to Resign From Criminal Justice Group,” Seven Days
February 7, 2024, “Criminal Justice Council chair says there’s no place for racially insensitive cops in Vt.,” WCAX CBS Channel 3
February 7, 2024, “Officer resigns after hot mic moment disparaging migrant worker in criminal justice council meeting,” VTDigger
January 24, 2024, “Mellon Foundation Grant Will Support Migrant Justice Issues in Vermont,” Middlebury News Announcements
December 15, 2023, “Law enforcement raises migrant rights work concerns,” The Barre Montpelier Times Argus
December 14, 2023, “Up for a vote, limits on police-immigration intel surface law enforcement concerns,” Vermont Business Magazine
December 4, 2023, “Countering Hegemonic Human Rights Norms through Migrant Labour Organising: The Case of Migrant Justice,” Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography
December 4, 2023, “Eco WURD Interview with Abel Luna,” Philadelphia Public Radio
November 21, 2023, “Is Affordable Housing a New Worker’s Right?,” Capital & Main
November 13, 2023, “OSHA Investigates Small Dairy Farms So Rarely That Many Worker Advocates Don’t Bother to Report Deaths and Injuries,” ProPublica
October 14, 2023, “A Worker-Driven Model for Protecting Labor Rights Is Successful- and Expanding,” Truthout
October 5, 2023, “More than 1,000 migrant workers critical to VT dairy”, The Charlotte News
September 29, 2023, Vermont Farmworkers Turn Up the Pressure on Hannaford, The Rake Vermont
September 22, 2023, “Backyard to table: The Huertas Project and cultivating food sovereignty”, The Vermont Cynic
September 15, 2023, “David Van Deusen: Two terms as AFL-CIO president come to an end”, Bennington Banner
September 11, 2023, “Windham Sheriff to discuss immigration enforcement policy”, Brattleboro Reformer
September 11, 2023, “This Farmworker Collective is Organizing For ‘Milk With Dignity’ and More”, Modern Farmer
August 17, 2023, “Vermont immigrant dairy farmworkers face unique safety risks. Research shows this hotline helps” Vermont Public
August 17, 2023, Los trabajadores agrícolas inmigrantes de Vermont enfrentan riesgos de seguridad únicos. Una investigación demuestra que esta línea telefónica ayuda.” Vermont Public
August 5, 2023, “Inside Maine’s ‘Milk With Dignity’ Movement” Bangor Daily News
August 4, 2023, “Milk With Dignity: the movement urging food suppliers to seek better work conditions on dairy farms” Maine Public
August 4, 2023, “This Day in Maine: a look at the Milk With Dignity movement” Maine Public
July 31, 2023, “'Led by us, the farmworkers': How Migrant Justice soccer tournament builds community” Burlington Free Press
July 31, 2023, “Annual Migrant Justice soccer tournament brings together Vermont's Latino community” Burlington Free Press
July 10, 2023, “Maine nears making farmworkers eligible for minimum wage” Maine Beacon
June 30, 2023, “Letter to the editor: Dairy workers need help, not news releases” Portland Press Herald
June 27, 2023, “Hannaford pushes back on activist calls to reform milk supply chain” Grocery Dive
June 27, 2023, “Hannaford Criticizes Vermont's Milk With Dignity Campaign” Progressive Grocer
June 26, 2023, “ Hannaford Responds to Migrant Justice Campaign” Speciality Food Association
June 26, 2023, “Maine dispatch: advocates for migrant workers on dairy farms rally for rights” Jurist
June 26, 2023, “News & Commentary” On Labor
June 26, 2023, “Milk With Dignity campaigns continue at Hannaford” Portland Press Herald
June 25, 2023, “Protesters gather in Portland in support of dairy workers” WGME CBS 13
June 25, 2023, “Milk With Dignity' protest held in Portland Saturday” WCSH 6 NBC (News Center Maine) Portland
June 23, 2023, “Dairy farm workers rallying Saturday to demand Hannaford’s supermarket chain adopt new code of conduct ” 101.9 WPOR
June 22, 2023, “Activists to rally in Portland on Saturday for dairy workers’ rights” Bangor Daily News
May 31, 2023, “Migrant Workers Hold Up Vermont’s Dairy Industry — and Are Fighting for Better Working Conditions” Seven Days
May 30, 2023, “Farm Aid's mental health hotline for ag workers is now available in Spanish” Vermont Public Radio
May 24, 2023, “Can a new program improve housing for VT migrant farmer workers? Sprague Ranch hopes so” Burlington Free Press
May 23, 2023, “Larissa Scaffidi: Why you should care about the Milk with Dignity campaign” VT Digger
May 16, 2023, “Kate Sinz: Vermont migrant dairy farm workers face environmental threats” VT Digger
May 4, 2023, “Migrant Justice’s Milk With Dignity campaign rallies on” Addison County Independent
May 4, 2023, “The urgent need for Migrant Justice: The systemic oppression of migrant workers in Addison County and a fight for visibility” The Middlebury Campus
April, 26, 2023, “Episode 3: The Cows Don’t Milk Themselves!” Into the Mix, Vox Creative
May 3rd, 2023: "Juntos, Migrant Justice rally in solidarity with migrant workers." The Middlebury Campus
April 27th, 2023. "Milk With Dignity Event Held In Brighton." Newport Daily Express
April 25th, 2023. "Milk with Dignity is about fundamental human rights," Brattleboro Reformer
April 24th, 2023. "Pressure mounts on Hannaford to commit to dairy worker protections and rights," Maine Beacon
April 19th, 2023: "Farmworkers seeking dignity and fair housing visit Newport," The Barton Chronicle
April 18th, 2023: “Kielich: Farmworkers’ Rights,” Rutland Herald
April 17th, 2023: "Miranda Degreenia: Vermont’s dairy industry needs to adopt Milk with Dignity;" VT Digger
March 29th, 2023. "Vermont Dairy Workers Battle Corporate Greed and Demand “Milk With Dignity”; Truthout
March 24, 2023. "Ben & Jerry's: 'No evidence' of child labor in Vermont supply chain," Burlington Free Press
March 17th, 2023. "Vt. lawmakers consider allowing agricultural, domestic workers to collectively bargain," Vermont Public
March 3rd, 2023: "Balint demands answers from Ben & Jerry's regarding reports of child labor," Burlington Free Press
March 3rd, 2023: "Ben & Jerry's condemns child labor in Vermont's dairy industry after New York Times investigation," Vermont Public
February 19th, 2023. “Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs Across the U.S.” New York Times
February 14th, 2023. “Farmworker group says Hannaford's ethics help line hasn't fixed living conditions.” Vermont Public
January 13th, 2023, “¡Luchamos por alimentos justos! Los trabajadores contra la mayor empacadora de carne de EUA,” Gatopardo
January 9th, 2023, “Campaign to grant migrant farmworkers labor rights will get another shot this session,” Maine Beacon
January 5th, 2023, “Milk with Dignity Continues Fight for Farmworker Rights,” Maine AFL-CIO
December 23rd, 2022, “Working in their sleep,” New York Review of Books
December 19th, 2022, “How to Create a Worker Safety Hotline That Really Works,” Harvard Business Review
December 13th, 2022, “Letter: Do your part to keep our farmworkers healthy,” Yakima Herald-Republic
November 26th, 2022, “Immigrants, DHS settle case seeking activist targeting info,” MyCamplainValley ABC/Fox
November 22nd, 2022, Burlington coffee shop using World Cup watch parties to raise funds for migrant workers,” MyNBC
November 22nd, 2022 “Immigrants, DHS settle case seeking activist targeting info” WCAX
November 22nd, 2022 “DHS settles with Vermont-based immigrant advocacy group over claims of political targeting” Fox News
November 18, 2022 “Absent Federal Oversight of Animal Agriculture Safety, State and Others Step Up for Change” Civil Eats
November 14, 2022 “Animal agriculture is dangerous work. The people who do it have few protections” Civil Eats
November 7th, 2022 “Grace Oedel: Care, justice for farmworkers are critical for agricultural economy” VT Digger
November 2nd, 2022 “Vermont dairy farmers are calling on Hannaford Supermarkets to join the Milk with Dignity program” Prism Reports
October 31st, 2022 “V.t.’s housing health & safety system didn’t protect farmworkers, so created their own program” Vermont Public
October 12th, 2022, “The Overlooked Advantages of the Independent Monitoring and Complaint Investigation System in the Worker-driven Social Responsibility Model in US Agriculture,” Business and Human RIghts Journal
October 3rd, 2022 “Weekly farmworker pickets of Hannaford begin today in South Burlington” Vermont Biz
September 23rd, 2022 “Celebrate our migrant neighbors at a new festival in New Haven” Addison County Independent
September 16th, 2022 “Vermont Organization continues the fight for migrant workers’ rights” mynbc5
September 15th, 2022 “Pride Center of Vermont declines Hannaford’s sponsorship in an act of solidarity” mynbc5
September 13th, 2022 “Pride Parade declines Hannaford sponsorship over farmworker issue” VermontBiz
September 13th, 2022 “Hannaford dropped from Vermont Pride after declining to meet with dairy workers” VTDigger
September 9th, 2022 “Milk with Dignity Program Celebrates 5th Year Sept. 24th in Greensboro” Caledonian Record
September 2nd, 2022 “It’s past time to celebrate migrant-led labor organizing” Prism Reports
August 30th. 2022 “42 legislators are asking ICE not to deport Vermont farmworkers. Will Phil Scott join them?” VTDigger
August 17th, 2022 “How an annual soccer tournament brings together Vermont's farmworker community” Connecticut Public
Jul7 31, 2022 “Protesters demand better conditions for dairy farm workers outside Hannaford's corporate offices,” News Center Maine
July 29th, 2022 “Milk with Dignity campaign for migrant farm workers targets Hannaford” WMTW8 ABC
July 29th, 2022 “Dairy workers continue pressuring Hannaford to adopt stronger labor protections in supply chain” Maine Public
July, 11th, 2022 “10 of Vermont's immigrant farmworkers petition ICE to stop their deportations” Burlington Free Press
July 7th, 2022 “Migrant Justice petitions ICE to stop the deportation of ten Vermont farmworkers” Burlington Free Press
June 21st, 2022 “Vermont farmworkers petition ICE to stop their deportations” VermontBiz
June 21st, 2022 “Migrant workers ask ICE to close their cases” NBC5 WPTZ
June 21st, 2022 “Supporters of migrant farmworkers rally against Vt. deportations” WCAX CBS News
June 21st, 2022 “Vermont farmworkers petition ICE to drop deportation cases, citing Biden administration guidance” VTDigger
June 14, 2022. “Mary Dingee Fillmore: End injustice on dairy farms. Hannaford, join Milk with Dignity,” VTDigger
May 6, 2022. “Lawmakers, governor weigh first ever environmental justice policy for Vermont” VPR
May 1, 2022. “Dairy workers call for Hannaford to join 'Milk with Dignity'” Bennington Banner
May 1, 2022. “At May Day rally in South Burlington, hundreds urge Hannaford to support dairy workers” VTDigger
April 29, 2022. “Why Migrant Justice will campaign outside Hannaford stores on May 1,” VPR
April 28, 2022 “Let’s show up in solidarity with farmworkers: May 1 action with migrant justice” The Middlebury Campus
April 24, 2022. “Letter to the editor: Hannaford should support farmworkers, join Milk With Dignity program” Portland Press Herald
April 22, 2022. “Letter: Hannaford should join Milk With Dignity effort” Bangor Daily News
April 18, 2022. “Ashley Smith: Hannaford, join Milk with Dignity now,” VTDigger
March 21, 2022. “Shannon Lucy: Compassion for Ukrainians should extend to migrants already here” VTDigger
April 7, 2022. Andres Oyaga: Middlebury College ‘sustainability’ initiatives put blood in our energy. VTDigger
March 29, 2022. Sheriff Anderson, it’s past time to make Windham County safe for immigrants. Brattleboro Reformer.
March 22, 2022. Shannon Lucy: Compassion for Ukrainians should extend to migrants already here. VTDigger
March 7, 2022. Ben & Jerry's - From Cows to Cocoa: Our Linked Prosperity Business Model Works to Ensure Our Ingredient Producers Get Their Fair Share. MarketScreener
February 24, 2022. Sunrise Colby protests Hannaford’s unethical milk. The Colby Echo
February 23, 2022. Poll shows Vermonters willing to pay more for dairy, but getting that money to farmers is complicated. Vermont Public Radio.
February 17, 2022. Bill would prevent immigration arrests in and around courthouses. VTDigger
February 16, 2022. Dairy workers bring fight for stronger labor protections to Hannaford's corporate headquarters. Maine Public Radio.
February 15, 2022. Dairy workers rally for more rights after Mills vetoes farmworker unionization bill. Maine Beacon.
February 2, 2022. Three-town referendum asks sheriff to not work with federal immigration. Brattleboro Reformer
January 1, 2022. For Chobani’s Fair Trade Certification to Live Up to Its Promises, We’ll Need Organized Labor. Jacobin
January 14, 2022. Making Movements and Powerful Memories with Migrant Justice. The University of Rhode Island. College of Arts & Sciences blog.
January 6, 2022 Ben & Jerry's: How We're Working Toward a More Equitable Future For All; We use our business to fight for equity for all people MarketScreener
December 16, 2021 Latina (Un)Equal Pay podcast conversation released by Vermont Commission on Women VT Digger
December 15, 2021. Migrant Justice seeks to rein in Vermont law enforcement collaboration with federal immigration authorities. VT Digger
December 9, 2021 Reflections from the Milk with Dignity action in Portland, ME (11/8/21): “Milk with Dignity is coming to town” The Middlebury Campus
November 10, 2021. Hundreds protest Hannaford calling on chain to improve dairy worker conditions. Maine Beacon
November 9, 2021. Dairy workers pressure Hannaford to improve farmworker protections at Portland rally. Bangor Daily News
November 9, 2021. At Portland rally, dairy workers pressure Hannaford to improve farmworker protections. Maine Public Radio
November 8, 2021. Farmworkers call on Hannaford Supermarkets to join the 'Milk with Dignity' program. NBC News Center Maine
November 4, 2021. Allegations of wage theft and labor misconduct persist at college-partnered dairy farm. The Middlebury Campus
October 21, 2021. Migrant workers vital to Vermont dairy industry need more social and medical support. UVM Rubenstein School
October 15, 2021. Migrant farmworkers fight to end collaboration between Vermont police and Border Patrol. The World
October 14, 2021. Migrant Justice presents Milk with Dignity tour. Brattleboro Reformer
October 8, 2021. Migrant farmworkers fight to end collaboration between Vermont police and Border Patrol. Vermont Public Radio (VPR)
October 8, 2021. Activists pressure Hannaford to improve conditions for dairy workers. Bangor Daily News
October 2, 2021. ‘Milk with Dignity’ campaign turns four. WCAX
September 28, 2021. Protestors rally for Haitain migrants outside Sen. Patrick Leahy’s office. Burlington Free Press
September 13, 2021. 'The Most Costly Journey' illustrates the trials, triumphs of Vermont's migrant farmworkers Bennington Banner
September 11, 2021: Rural Vermont: Stick up for all farmers, Rutland Herald
August 30, 2021: Immigration Activists Targeted for Deportation and Harassment, Reason
August 11, 2021: Brattleboro sets stronger fair/impartial policing policy, The Commons
August 6, 2021: Brattleboro adopts Migrant Justice's fair and impartial policing policy, Bennington Banner
August 5, 2021: Targeted But Not Silenced: A Report on Government Surveillance and Retaliation Against Immigrant Organizers in the United States, UW School of Law
August 4, 2021: Immigrant Activists Say ICE Is Purposely Targeting Them. They're Urging Biden To Help, NPR
August ? 2021: Errol Schweizer: Navigating the exploitive food system towards worker justice (ep319), Green Dreamer
July 30, 2021: Belabored: Why “Corporate Social Responsibility” Fails Workers, Dissent Magazine
July 26, 2021: Recognize the labor of farmworkers, too, VT Digger (Letter to the Editor)
July 25, 2021: Farm workforce act: A path to citizenship for undocumented farmworkers, or indentured servitude?, VT Digger
July 21, 2021: This New Law Would Be Good for Growers, Bad for Farmworkers, The Nation
July 21, 2021: The Northeast’s largest renewable natural gas digester begins operations in Salisbury, VT Digger
July 12,2021: Dairy workers demand Hannaford improve working conditions on Maine farms, Maine Beacon
June 25, 2021: Investors urge Hannaford Supermarkets to join Migrant Justice's Milk with Dignity campaign, VT Digger
June 22, 2021: Shareholders to Hannafords: Join the Milk with Dignity program, Saint Albans Messenger
June 22, 2021: Got Justice? Milk, farm workers, and Hannaford, Pine & Roses
June 16, 2021 Why Dairy Farmworkers Are Moving Beyond Fair Trade, Forbes
May 20, 2021: Pesticide laws fail to protect the most vulnerable people in agriculture: children, The Counter
May 10, 2021: Marita Canedo of Migrant Justice on Milk With Dignity and Supporting Dairy Farmworker, Forbes Magazine Online
May 7, 2021: In Vermont, a new model emerges to improve migrant farmworker housing, Energy News Network
May 4, 2021: Vermont Law School Report Exposes Dire Lack of Legal Protections for Farmworkers Threatened by Heat Exposure and Pesticide Poisoning, PR Underground
May 4, 2021: Vt lawmakers look at expanding health care to undocumented kids, pregnant women, WCAX3
April 29, 2021: Undocumented women farmworkers toil under unique challenges, WCAX3
April 27, 2021: Worker solidarity rally on Mayday in Montpelier and Barre, Vermont Business Magazine
April 23, 2021: An Invisible Essential Labor Force: Migrant Women Farmworkers, CounterPunch
April 21, 2021: Federal Relief Could Fund Farmworker Housing Improvements, Advocates Say, Seven Days VT
April 21, 2021: Report shows migrant farmworkers live in insufficient housing, VTDigger
April 21, 2021: As Biden tweaks language around immigration, Upper Valley experts call for more substantive reform, Valley News
April 19, 2021: How the Powerless Win Power, The American Prospect
March 30, 2021: Portsmouth chef helps raise money for migrant workers, New Hampshire Union Leader
March 29, 2021: David Vargas, Vida Cantina to honor Cesar Chavez Day by helping migrant workers, Seacoastonline
March 25, 2021: Community group pushes police for stronger immigrant-protection policies, Community News Service
March 18, 2021: Episode 35: Marita Canedo of Migrant Justice on “Milk With Dignity”, The Checkout Radio Podcast
March 18, 2021, Migrant Justice calls upon Hannaford to join Milk with Dignity program, The Middlebury Campus
March 9, 2021, End Vermont's Collaboration with the Border Regime, VT Digger
March 7, 2021, 2 Billion Settlement Likely Excludes Migrant Workers Exposed to Roundup, VT Digger
March 3, 2021: Prioritizing migrant farm workers for COVID-19 vaccination, Farms.com
February 25, 2021: The US Immigration System Treats Workers as Disposable, Jacobin Magazine
February 20, 2021, Vermont Immigrants Receive Support From Economic Stimulus Equity Fund, VTDigger
February 7, 2021: Bill would prohibit school districts from hiring in-school police officers, VTDigger
February 6, 2021: Sierra Club awards local organizations for developing equitable transportation, WCAX3
February 4, 2021: Vermont Plans to Send Cash to Immigrant Farmworkers Left Out of Stimulus, Civil Eats
January 29, 2021: ‘I feel like my future is more secure’: Undocumented Immigrants Cautiously Hopeful for Path to Citizenship Under Biden, NBCUniversal 10 Boston
January 24, 2021: Richmond is among smaller Vermont towns taking new steps on police oversight, VTDigger
January 14, 2021: Covid relief for undocumentend immigrants begins rolling out, VTDigger
December 16, 2020: Why the Vermont Supreme Court is weighing in on two Richford residents’ drug charges, Saint Albans Messenger
December 15, 2020: Vermont Supreme Court weighs case that focuses on Border Patrol’s authority, VTDigger
December 9, 2020, Vermont rolling out COVID-19 stimulus for undocumented immigrants in 2021, Valley News
December 9, 2020: Covid aid for undocumented immigrants coming in 2021, VTDigger
December 6th, 2020: Denunciaron la persecución de ICE y ganaron una demanda contra la poderosa agencia federal, Univisión Aquí y Ahora
December 5, 2020: Hudson Mohawk Magazine Podcast, Interview with Will Lambek Dec 4, 2020, Independent Media Sanctuary
November 19, 2020: Worker-led programs like Milk with Dignity are key to protecting dairy farm workers, PRISM
November 13, 2020: A New Vision for Immigration, The Progressive
November 1, 2020: Across the U.S., Trump used ICE to Crack Down on Immigration Activists, The Intercept
October 30, 2020: Farm workers, including organizers, beat Trump twice in federal court in one day, People’s World
October 29, 2020: Activista mexicano en EE.UU.: “Aún sin documentos, tenemos muchos derechos,” CNN En Español
October 29, 2020: ICE agrees not to deport farmworker activists to settle retaliatory arrest claims, Reuters
October 29, 2020: ICE to Pay $100,000 Settlement for Targeting Migrant Justice Leaders in Vermont, Democracy Now!
October 29, 2020: ICE settles lawsuit filed by immigrant activists in Vermont, Bangor Daily News
October 28, 2020, Migrant Justice reaches $100,000 settlement with ICE over 2018 federal lawsuit, VT Digger
October 28, 2020: Trump Administration settles with Latino farm activists who said they were targeted over political work, The Washington Post
October 28, 2020: Migrant Justice Settles with ICE over Arrests, VPR
October 19, 2020: Tyler Jager: How Vermont can lead the country on immigration, VTDigger
October 15, 2020: Vermont becomes the first state to offer Covid-19 economic aid to undocumented immigrants, The Middlebury Campus
October 14, 2020: Activists demand Leahy, Sanders take action to block Supreme Court nominee, VTDigger
October 7, 2020: Weekly Update: Migrant Justice marks improving conditions for dairy workers in USA, Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
October 7, 2020, 'Everything is better': Effort grows to improve working conditions on Vermont dairy farms, Burlington Free Press
October 6, 2020, Dairy workers release report on “Milk with Dignity” success, VT Digger
October 5, 2020, 25 delegations ask Hannaford to join Milk with Dignity to ensure human rights for dairy workers, VT Digger
September 30, 2020, Legislation provides $1,200 for migrant farmworkers and others left out of CARES Act payments, VT Digger
September 29, 2020, R.E.S.P.E.C.T. (w/Migrant Justice) - ep70 - 9.30.20, No Politics at the Dinner Table
September 27, 2020, Amid COVID and Wildfires, Farmworkers Have Been Pushed to the Brink, Truthout
September 21, 2020, Targeted, Imprisoned, Deported, Dead: How ICE’s Detention Can Be Deadly to Migrants, In These Times
September 9, 2020, House forwards stimulus program for undocumented immigrants, Saint Albans Messenger
September 3, 2020, Protest of ICE data center in Williston, Vermont, Liberation News
September 2, 2020, Vermont Research News: Line dancing, bobcats, justice, phosphorus, Vermont Biz
September 2, 2020, Final Reading: House Appropriations ups Covid relief for undocumented to $5 mill, VT Digger
September 2, 2020, Gov. Scott proposes offering $1,200 in Covid aid to undocumented immigrants, Mountain Times
August 30, 2020, Vermonters protest ICE and Homeland Security, NBC5
August 28, 2020, Public weighs in on Vermont state budget proposal; VSEA argues against privatizing Woodside, VT Digger
August 27, 2020, Women's Legislative Caucus: Support relief payments to undocumented workers, families, VT Digger
August 26, 2020, "Milk Money: Will Stimulus Payments for Migrant Workers Happen?", VT Digger
August 25, 2020, "Gov. Scott proposes offering $1,200 in Covid aid to undocumented immigrants", VT Digger
August 19, 2020, "Why Is Vermonters' Response to the Census So Low?", Seven Days
August 17, 2020, "$200,000 to immigrant farmworkers in Vt.", The Sun Community News
August 14, 2020, "Migrant Justice distributes $200,000 in relief funds to immigrant farmworkers", Vermont Biz
August 13, 2020, "Why the ACLU is challenging the legality of 'border' checkpoints miles from a border", Saint Albans Messenger
August 6, 2020, "Vermonters call for police reforms in public forum", VT Digger
July 14, 2020, "Legal, financial and language challenges leave Vermont’s migrant workers especially vulnerable during Covid-19 crisis", The Middlebury Campus
July 12, 2020, "Ashley Smith et al: Building solidarity in the fight against the carceral state", VT Digger
July 7, 2020, "Farmworker Activist Dies of COVID-19 Following Deportation", Seven Days
July 2, 2020, "Hannaford urged to protect migrant worker rights as grocery sales grow, workers struggle", Burlington Free Press
June 23, 2020, "Moats: Migrant farm workers especially vulnerable to effects of pandemic", VT Digger
June 16, 2020, "Hundreds continue calls to cut Burlington police funding; use-of-force policy revised", VT Digger
June 10, 2020, "During the Pandemic, Vermont's Mutual Aid Groups Lend a Hand", Seven Days
June 7, 2020, “Slow Living Summit panels address food justice, climate change” Brattleboro Reformer
June 3, 2020, “How Fostering Empathy for the People Who Feed Us Could Change Our Food System”, Civil Eats
June 1, 2020, “VT Research News: Immigrant farmworker exploitation; food insecurity, and more” VT Digger
May 28, 2020, “Essential but abandoned: Undocumented farmworkers in Vermont demand recognition”, Vermont Conversation
May 25, 2020, “‘They Should Include Us’: Vermont’s Immigrant Farmworkers Push For Coronavirus Aid”, VPR
May 22, 2020, “NOFA-VTs Pizza Oven ‘Feeds Those Who Feed Us’”, Seven Days
May 21, 2020, “Final Reading: Undocumented farm workers could see a stimulus check.” VT Digger
May 4, 2020, “A People’s Bailout: May Day in Burlington, VT”, Socialist Resurgence
May 4, 2020, "How Vermont is deciding to spend the largest federal grant it’s ever received", VT Digger
May 2, 2020, “Caravan draws attention to at-risk populations amid virus”, Eagle Times
May 1, 2020, “Photo Gallery: May Day rally brings attention to workers”, VT Digger
April 30, 2020, "May Day demonstrations to focus on support for ‘essential’ workers", VT Digger
April 28, 2020, "International Labor Solidarity in a Time of Pandemic", Boston Review
April 25, 2020, "Vermont Coronavirus Updates For Saturday, April 25", VPR
April 16, 2020, "Dan Baker: Dairy industry at particular risk from pandemic", VT Digger
April 14, 2020, "US food workers are in danger. That threatens all of us", The Guardian
April 6, 2020, "Undocumented farmworkers essential, but excluded, in coronavirus response", VT Digger
March 19, 2020, "Farmers stay on the job in crisis — but it's not easy", Addison County Independent
March 17, 2020, "Bernie Has Shown the Way Forward With Latino Voters", Jacobin
March 17, 2020, "Social justice groups call for unity, issue demands at public event", VT Digger
March 12, 2020, "Midd missed the mark: Calling for a humane sustainability", The Middlebury Campus
March 10, 2020, "Burlington City Council votes to protect undocumented citizens", WCAX
March 3, 2020, "McGavisk & Smith: Burlington must ban collaboration between police and ICE", VT Digger
March 2, 2020, "Salisbury farm disputes account of migrant worker at center of alleged pay theft", My Champlain Valley
February 29, 2020, "Addison County farm workers protest alleged abuse, wage theft", My Champlain Valley
February 19, 2020, “Immigration rights protestors rally for policing policy changes in Burlington,” VT Digger
February 19, 2020, “Protestors push Burlington City Council to protect undocumented immigrants,” WCAX
January 23, 2020, “How Middlebury College can help Vermont workers,” The Middlebury Campus
January 21, 2020, “Chittenden County Sheriff says deputy followed policy by calling Border Patrol,” Burlington Free Press
January 21, 2020, “Chittenden sheriff: Deputy followed policy in assisting detainment of Franklin County farmworker,” Saint Albans Messenger
January 21, 2020, “Deputy Who Detained Farmworker Acted Properly, Sheriff Says,” U.S. News & World Report
January 20, 2020, “Sheriff Clears Deputy Accused of Violating Fair and Impartial Policy,” Seven Days
January 20, 2020, “Sheriff Determines Deputy Did Not Violate ‘Fair and Impartial’ Policy In Traffic Stop,” VPR
January 20, 2020, “Vermont Women’s March takes to Castleton,” WCAX
January 17, 2020, “Sheriff’s Dept. releases investigation a month after ‘unjust arrest’ protests,” WCAX
January 16, 2020, “Nadando contra la corriente con Justicia Migrante: Episodio 29 - Acuerdo legal con el DMV / Agreement with the DMV,” CCTV
January 16, 2020, “DMV settles with Migrant Justice,” Saint Albans Messenger
January 16, 2020, “Vermont DMV settles anti-discrimination suit,” NBC5
January 15, 2020, “DMV lawsuit settled: State to shield immigration status from feds,” WCAX
January 15, 2020, “Vermont settles suit alleging it sent immigrant info to feds,” Rutland Herald
January 15, 2020, “DMV, Migrant Justice settle lawsuit,” Times Argus
January 15, 2020, “Vt. DMV Settles Anti-Discrimination Suit,” NECN
January 15, 2020, “DMV Settles with Migrant Justice Over Its Role In ICE Crackdown,” Seven Days
January 15, 2020, “AG’s office facilitates settlement of Migrant Justice Lawsuit,” Vermont Business Magazine
January 15, 2020, “Women’s March comes to Castleton on Jan. 18,” Rutland Herald
January 15, 2020, “Migrant Justice settles with DMV to halt information sharing with ICE,” VT Digger
January 15, 2020, “Vermont DMV Settles Lawsuit with Migrant Justice,” WAMC
January 8, 2020, “With Windex and Razors, Burlington ‘Vigilantes’ Target Hate-Group Stickers,” Seven Days
December 3, 2019, “Migrant Activists Allege Chittenden County Sheriff Deputy Violated Policy,” VPR
December 3, 2019, “Protestors rally against detention of farmworker after sheriff’s stop on I-89,” VT Digger
December 3, 2019, “Migrant Justice protests unlawful detainment of farm worker,” My Champlain Valley
December 3, 2019, “Migrant Justice protests ‘unjust arrest’ of farmworker,” WCAX
December 3, 2019, “Migrant Justice protests at Chittenden County Sheriff’s Office,” NBC5
December 3, 2019, “Migrant group protests detention of farmworker,” NBC5
December 2, 2019, “Migrant Justice plans protest over traffic stop leading to farmworker’s detention,” VT Digger
December 2, 2019, “Migrant Justice denounces traffic stop by Sheriff’s deputy after farm worker detained,” Burlington Free Press
December 2, 2019, “Migrant Justice Plans Protest After Farmworker is Detained,” Seven Days
December 2, 2019, “Traffic stop leads to detainment of Franklin County farmworker,” Saint Albans Messenger
November 26, 2019, “Moats: Immigration policy imposes fear on Vermont’s dairy workers,” VT Digger
November 25, 2019, “How a worker who survived a catastrophic building collapse ended up in ICE detention,” The Washington Post
November 20, 2019, “Migrant Justice Wins $150,000 Grant to Expand Milk With Dignity,” Seven Days
November 2, 2019, “‘Milk with Dignity’ protest at West Lebanon Hannaford advocates for farmworkers,” Valley News
November 1, 2019, “Farmworkers to demand Hannaford offer ‘Milk with Dignity’ at Saturday protests,” VT Digger
October 28, 2019, “Lawsuit Alleges Authorities Illegally Questioned Man Seeking Driver’s License,” VT Digger
October 20th, 2019, “A ‘reasonable distance?’ Why U.S. Border Patrol can operate deep into Vermont,” Burlington Free Press
October 21, 2019, “Migrant Farmworkers Face Food Insecurity,” Addison County Independent
October 20, 2019, “Why U.S. Border Patrol can operate deep into Vermont,” Burlington Free Press
October 20, 2019, “Protesters Continue to Call for an End to ICE,” WCAX3
October 19, 2019, “Climate protesters campout on state house lawn for second day,” NBC5
Oct 15, “Montpelier prepares for climate encampment,” The Barre and Montpelier Times
October 13, 2019, “YCQM, Oct 13,” WCAX
October 9, 2019, “Still in the shadows-Part 3,” WCAX3
October 8, 2019, “Still in the Shadows-Part 2,” WCAX3
October 7, 2019 “Bridport men plead not guilty to harassing migrant farm workers,” VT Digger
October 4, 2019, “Can supermarkets support dairy farm workers?,” WCAX
October 5, 2019, “Farmworkers Pressure Hannaford Supermarkets to Commit to Better Pay, Working Conditions,” New England Public Radio
October 3, 2019, “Migrant Justice marches on Hannaford Supermarket,” WCAX
October 3, 2019, “Migrant Justice urges Hannaford to join ‘Milk with Dignity’ program,” VT Digger
September 27, 2019, “Addison County man accused of harassing Migrant Justice Members,” Burlington Free Press
September 27, 2019, “CAIR welcomes hate crime charge,” Rutland Herald
September 26, 2019, “Addison man cited for threatening call to Migrant Justice,” VT Digger
September 26, 2019, “Addison man accused of threatening Migrant Justice,” WCAX3
September 25, 2019, “Climate protesters challenge lobby firm,” The Barre Montpelier Times Argus
September 15, 2019, “Vermont divided on opinions of ramped up Border Patrol checkpoints,” Valley News
September 5, 2019, “3 Cited for Vandalism; Group: Racist Attack on Farmworkers,” Burlington Free Press
September 4, 2019, “Bridport men charged with vandalizing migrant farmworkers’ homes,” VT Digger
September 4, 2019, “Police: Farm Family Feuds Led to Vandalism,” WCAX 3
September 4, 2019, “Three men cited in connection with vandalism of migrant workers' home,” NBC 5
September 4, 2019, “Voters to determine Vermont town's immigration policy,” Washington Times
September 2, 2019, “ 'Why not have it in Vermont?' How ICE’s nerve center landed in Williston,” Burlington Free Press
August 29, 2019, “Police Investigate Possible Hate Crime in Bridport,” Addison Independent
August 29, 2019, “Police Investigating Possible Bias Crimes in Bridport,” WCAX 3
August 29, 2019, “Immigrant Rights Group Says Vandalism Targeted Farmworkers,” AP News
August 29, 2019, “Fair and Impartial Policing: Is it Happening in Vermont?,” VPR
August 28, 2019, “Border Patrol Arrests of Farmworkers Spur Rally in Newport,” VPR
August 28, 2019, “Migrant workers appear to be targeted in string of vandalism in Vermont,” NBC 5
August 28, 2019, “How Vermont is getting involved in opposing Trump's rule for detaining immigrant families,” Burlington Free Press
August 27, 2019, “Police Investigate Harassment of Migrant Workers,” VT Digger
August 20, 2019, “Vermont, New York Join Lawsuit Over New Immigration Restrictions,” MyChamplainValley
August 16, 2019, “Does Vermont’s Fair and Impartial Policing Policy Protect Immigrants?,” WCAX 3
August 15, 2019, “More than two dozen arrested at Vermont immigration protest,” Washington Examiner
August 14, 2019, “Border Patrol Agents Apprehend 18 People in Lebanon Area,” Valley News
July 17, 2019, “No immigration raid at Burlington restaurant Pho Hong, despite social media reports,” Burlington Free Press
July 15, 2019, “N.H. rally organizers raise $3,000 to help asylum-seekers, undocumented immigrants,” Valley News
July 15, 2019, “Immigration raids nationwide were slow to materialize Sunday - what happened in Vermont?" Burlington Free Press
July 13, 2019, “Fear And Anxiety Grip Undocumented Community Nationwide As Walmart Arrests Escalate,” Mitú
July 13, 2019, “Demonstrators gather to fight immigration conditions in southern border,” WCAX
July 12, 2019, “What States Do To Protect Undocumented Immigrants’ Driver’s License Information," HuffPost
July 12, 2019, “Regional Advocates Raise Concerns Over Planned ICE Raids,” WAMC Northeast Public Radio
July 10, 2019, “Walmart Arrests Show Why Undocumented Farmworkers Are Leery of Food Shopping,” Seven Days
July 9, 2019, “Vermont State Rep. Mollie Burke On Reports Of The State's DMV Sharing Data With ICE”, NPR
July 9, 2019, “Vermont one of two states that complied with ICE search of driver database,” Valley News
July 8, 2019, “Bristol parade goers cheer for migrant justice,” Addison County Independent
July 8, 2019, “DMV Employees Have Been Accused of Collaborating with ICE. This Isn't The First Time,” Pacific Standard
July 8, 2019, “La Migra utiliza en secreto las licencias de manejar para deportar a migrantes,” Telemundo
July 8, 2019, “Law Enforcement Agencies Face Questions For Using DMV Databases For Facial Recognition,” NPR
July 3, 2019, “Burlington protesters call on Trump administration to end the detainment of immigrants,” Burlington Free Press
July 2, 2019, ” ‘Close the camps’ protest floods Church Street,” VT Digger
July 2, 2019, “Plattsburgh protesters call on Stefanik to visit southern border,” WCAX
July 1, 2019, “Rally held to protest arrest of 3 immigrant farmworkers,” WHDH News 7 Boston
June, 2019, “Farmworkers’ arrest prompts protest,” Barton Chronicle
June 29, 2019, “Arrest of three immigrant farm workers sparks protest,” WCAX
June 28, 2019, “3 farmworkers detained as immigration tensions escalate,” Vermont Digger
June 18, 2019, “21 New and Noteworthy Food and Farming Books to Read This Summer,” Civil Eats
June 10, 2019, “Advocates March to Protect Medicaid with weekend Barre Rally,” VT Digger
June 6, 2019, “Groundbreaking Reforms Could Finally Grant Protections to Farmworkers,” Truthout
June 3, 2019, “Food Insecurity And Fear: The Challenges Faced By Vermont's Migrant Farmworkers,” Vermont Public Radio
May 7th, 2019, “Less than 1 Percent of US Farmworkers Belong to a Union. Here’s Why,” Civil Eats
May 7th, 2019, “Remote Border Checkpoint In Vermont Draws Criticism,” Northeast Public Radio
May 6th, 2019, “Anti-bias policing policy heads to Senate floor vote,” Vermont Digger
April 29th, 2019, “Vermonters Marched 65 Miles for Climate Justice,” In These Times
April 24th, 2019, “University of Vermont professor publishes book on migrant farm worker food insecurity,” Vermont Digger
April 19, 2019, “Exploring the Causes of Food Insecurity Among Vermont’s Farm Workers,” Connecticut Public Radio
April 4, 2019, “New Book: Majority of Vermont’s Migrant Farm Workers are Food Insecure,” UVM Today
April 1st, 2019, “Putting the Freeze on ICE,” The Progressive
April 1st, 2019, “Faces of Dairy: Farmers talk challenges, opportunities,” Saint Albans Messenger
March 26th, 2019, “Undocumented Immigrants Want Driver’s Licenses—and to Be Shielded from ICE,” Civil Eats
March 20th, 2019, “Alarm over leaked US database targeting journalists and immigration activists,” The Guardian
March 13th, 2019, “Who Wants to Work on a Vermont Dairy Farm? A Reporter Spent a Week Finding Out,” Seven Days
Feburary 27, 2019, Compromise on the Table over State's Fair and Impartial Policing Policy, VT Digger
February 25, 2019, “Trump’s Justice Department Relents Immigration Policy Dispute with Vermont”, VT Digger
Feburaruy 20, 2019 “Middlebury Students Share Their Cultures, Expertise, with Local Youth, Middlebury Newsroom
January 24, 2019, “Should Vermont beef up its fair and impartial policing policy?” WCAX
January 24, 2019, “Migrant LGBTQ Leader Faces Deportation After ICE Arrest at Courthouse”, Seven Days
January 23, 2019, “Migrant Justice & ACLU to Testify on Problems with Vermont’s Fair & Impartial Policing Policy”, Vermontbiz
January 18, 2019, Congressional delegation supports legislation protecting undocumented farmworkers, VT Digger
January 15, 2019, “We Can’t Let Migrant Justice be Persecuted”, Socialistworker.org
Janurary 9, 2019 Progressive groups gather at opening of legislative session, Reformer
January 2, 2019, Lawsuit says DMV continues to feed immigrant info to feds, WCAX
December 20, 2018, “Migrant Activists Question Why Feds Were Called After Farmworkers Arrest”, VPR
November 14, 2018, "Activistas de inmigración demandan a agentes federales en Vermont", Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra
November 14, 2018, “Migrant Justice Sues ICE over Detainment of Member Leaders”, USNews
November 14, 2018, “Migrant Justice Sues VT DMV, ICE over Detainment of Member Leaders”, WCAX
November 14, 2018, “Lawsuit: Feds Used an Informant to Infiltrate Migrant Justice”, Seven Days
October 19, 2018, “Feds Funding Border Patrols: Grants Significant Sources of Funds for Sheriff”, St Albans Messenger
October 3, 2018, “Ben & Jerry’s Vows to Better Conditions for Migrant Workers”, Seven Day
September 6, 2018, “Got Dignity? Dairy Farmworkers Now Do”, Law at the Margins
August 13, 2018, “Ben & Jerry’s ‘Milk With Dignity’ Pact With Farmworkers Seems To Be Paying Off”, NPR
July 26, 2018, “Ben & Jerry’s Sees Success in Program Aimed at Protecting Migrant Farmworkers”, NBC
July 26, 2018, “Ben & Jerry’s Joins with Migrant Justice”, Vermont Buisness
July 25, 2018, “‘Milk with Dignity’ Called a Success for Farms and Workers”, VPR
July 25, 2018, “Ben & Jerry’s Advocacy Group: Farmworker Program a Success”, Star Tribune
July 25, 2018, “Ben & Jerry’s Sees Success in Program Aimed to Protect Migrant Farm Workers”, New England News
July 4, 2018, “Middlebury Animation Studio Short Addresses Family Separation”, Seven Days
July 4, 2018, “Sanders Calls for Reform of ICE”, Bennington Banner
June 30, 2018, “Slideshow: Hundreds of Marchers in Burlington Decry Trump’s Immigration Policies”, Seven Days
June 29, 2018, “Vermont Farmworker jailed After Arrest by Ice”, Seven Days
June 21, 2018, Sen. Leahy calls for hearing on family separation policy, VT Digger.
June 21, 2018, Peter Welch: Eyewitness account of ‘government sanctioned child abuse,’ Burlington Free Press.
June 20, 2018, Trump Dials Back Family Separation, Critics Remain Vocal, VT Digger.
June 19, 2018, Top Vermont law enforcement officials rebuff family separations, VT Digger.
June 15, 2018, VT Insights: Welch sees 'horror and sorrow' of separating immigrant children from parents
June 13, 2018, A Visit to Vermont to See Milk with Dignity in Action, NEO Philanthropy.
May 29, 2018, Milk with Dignity Leader Takes Home 2018 Discount Foundation Award, Jobs with Justice.
May 8, 2018, New England ACLU Affiliates Sue Immigration Enforcement Records, ACLU Vermont.
May 2, 2018, “Eighth Wonder: All About Waking Windows, Vermont’s Coolest Music Fest”, Seven Days
April 25, 2018, “‘Now We Are More Scared’: Migrant Workers, and Dairy Farms, Feel Threat of Immigration Policy”, The Middlebury Campus
April 24, 2018, “Immigration Officials Detain 2 Workers in Grafton County”, NHPR
April 24, 2018, “Upper Valley migrant farmwokers detained”, WCAX
April 24, 2018, “Migrant farm workers detained at Woodsville Walmart”, Concord Monitor
April 24, 2018, “Border Patrol Arrests, Targeting Of Immigrant Activists Rises Dramatically In Vermont”, Shadowproof
April 10, 2018, “Of the Earth: Bearing witness to the food system’s human cost”, Greenfield Recorder
April 4, 2018, “ICE arrests aimed at silencing immigrant-rights activists, critics say”, The Arizona Republic
April 3, 2018, “Trump’s Increasingly Lawless Quest to Enforce a Bogus Rule of Law on Immigration”, Reason
April 3, 2018, “6 Questions For Rafaela Rodriguez Of The Milk With Dignity Program”, Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
March 30, 2018, “ICE’s tyrannical campaign to silence dissent”, The Week
March 28, 2018, “What Will The Immigration Muddle Mean For Construction Employers?”, Engineering News-Record
March 26, 2018, “Anti-racism film ‘Dolores’ to be shown at the Marquis”, Addison County Independent
March 24, 2018, “Migrant Farm Workers Detained”, Valley News
March 22, 2018, “Five days in pictures: Farmworkers fast for freedom from sexual violence in the fields”, The New Food Economy
March 21, 2018, “From Vermont to the Philippines, ‘We Are All Fast-Food Workers Now’”, VT Digger
March 19, 2018, “Florida’s Farmworkers Take Their Fight to Park Avenue”, Civil Eats
March 18, 2018, “Groups allege ICE is targeting immigration activists”, The Hill
March 16, 2018, “See The 20+ Immigration Activists Arrested Under Trump”, WAMU
March 16, 2018, “Immigration Advocates Warn ICE Is Retaliating For Activism”, NPR
March 15, 2018, “These Farmworkers Know How to End Sexual Harrassment in the Fields. Will Wendy’s Listen?”, The Nation
March 15, 2018, “Sandra Batchelder & Dana Woodruff: Who belongs in Vermont?”, VT Digger
March 14, 2018, “Immigrant Advocates Claim ICE Is Targeting And Deporting Them For Speaking Out”, NPR
March 12, 2018, “Activist says immigrant’s release will lessen deportation risk”, VT Digger
March 8, 2018, “Why boycott Wendy’s? Ask women farmworkers.”, Open Democracy
March 6, 2018, “Dairy Worker Arrested by Border Agents Released on Bond”, U.S. News & World Report
March 5, 2018, “Vermont dairy worker arrested after dentist visit granted bail while facing deportation”, Burlington Free Press
February 25, 2018, “How migrant workers took on Ben & Jerry’s - and won a historic agreement”, The Guardian
February 20, 2018, “Border Patrol, Migrant Justice dispute account of arrest at ‘sensitive location’”, Burlington Free Press
February 20, 2018, “Border agents detain immigrant dairy worker leaving the dentist on claim he was ‘very suspicious’”, Think Progress
February 19, 2018, “Migrant Justice to rally for farm worker”, My Champlain Valley
February 18, 2018, “Protest planned after immigration arrest of dairy worker”, VT Digger
February 14, 2018, “Watts: Immigration”, VPR
February 13, 2018, “ICE persigue a activistas inmigrantes y organizaciones que los apoyan, alega demanda federal”, La Opinión
February 13, 2018, “Senate panel asks to delay anti-bias policing policy”, VT Digger
February 12, 2018, “Senate begins debate on DACA with a blank slate”, VT Digger
February 12, 2018, “Judges Across U.S. Are Halting Trump’s Mass Deportations & Ruling Immigrants Have Due Process Rights”, Democracy Now
February 9, 2018, “First Amendment Lawsuit: ICE Targets Immigrant Rights Groups And Activists For Political Speech”, Shadow Proof
February 9, 2018, “ICE Is Targeting Political Opponents For Deportation, Ravi Ragbir And Rights Groups Say In Court”, The Intercept
January 31, 2018, “Immigrant policing change weighed”, Rutland Herald
January 30, 2018, “Activists ask lawmakers to postpone new policing policy”, WCAX
January 30, 2018, “Activists Ask Lawmakers to Postpone New Policing Policy”, U.S. News
Januay 29, 2018, “Migrant Workers: Vermont Policing Policy Could Help Trump’s Deportation Plans”, VPR
January 26, 2018, “Detained migrant worker released”, WCAX
January 26, 2018, “Michael Pollen Talks Farm-To-Table Food --- And LSD”, Austin Monthly
January 25, 2018, “Vt. migrant workers concerned about immigration crackdown”, WCAX
January 25, 2018, “Vermont lawmakers continue to grapple with state’s Fair and Impartial Policing policy”, My Champlain Valley
January 24, 2018, “Feds file charge after Colchester ICE raid”, VT Digger
January 24, 2018, “Rights groups may get more time to change anti-bias policing policy”, VT Digger
January 24, 2018, “Civil liberties activists, police discuss new impartial policing policy”, NBC5
January 23, 2018, “Vermont Dreamers hope Congress acts soon”, VT Digger
January 23, 2018, “Man picked up in Colchester immigration raid in federal court Tuesday”, My Champlain Valley
January 23, 2018, “ICE arrests 14 Vermont workers; employer could face charges”, NBC5
January 23, 2018, “ICE Raids Days Inn in Colchester, Vt.”, Valley News
January 23, 2018, “Operativo de ICE en Vermont salda con 14 arrestos en lugar de trabajo”, Mundo Hispánico
January 23, 2018, “ICE arresta a 14 trabajadores indocumentados en conocida cadena de hoteles”, La Opinión
January 22, 2018, “UPDATED: Congress moves to end shutdown”, VT Digger
January 22, 2018, “ICE raids Days Inn in Colchester”, Brattleboro Reformer
January 22, 2018, “14 Undocumented Workers Arrested by ICE At Colchester Hotel”, VPR
January 22, 2018, “Immigrant advocates say 14 arrested in Vermont hotel raid”, WCAX
January 22, 2018, “UPDATED: Ice Raids Days Inn in Colchester”, VT Digger
January 22, 2018, “Advocates say immigration officers arrest 14 at Colchester hotel”, Burlington Free Press
January 22, 2018, “Immigrant advocates say 14 arrested in Vermont hotel raid”, The Seattle Times
January 22, 2018, “Fourteen Undocumented Workers Detained in Colchester Hotel Raid”, Seven Days VT
January 22, 2018, “ICE arrests 14 people at Colchester hotel, according to Migrant Justice spokesperson”, My Champlain Valley
January 19, 2018, “Trump Administration Using ICE to Target Immigration Activists”, Mint Press News
December 28, 2017, “4 Heartwarming Stories of Triumph Over Adversity In 2017”, Huffington Post
December 22, 2017, “Scott joins call for Congress to make DACA program permanent”, Bennington Banner
December 14, 2017, “Vermont: cuando los migrantes se organizan”, Proceso
December 12, 2017, “Prohibition On Reporting Immigration Status Not Part Of New Policing Policy”, VPR
December 12, 2017, “New policing policy doesn’t do enough to protect immigrants, advocates say”, VT Digger
December 12, 2017, “Despite Activist Outcry, Panel Passes Updated Impartial Policing Policy”, Seven Days VT
December 11, 2017, “Advocates say fair policing policy threatened by federal threats”, WCAX
December 11, 2017, “Traffic Stop Of Migrant Workers Raises Questions About Policing Policy”, VPR
December 8, 2017, “Footage Shows Feds Using Ethnic Slur During Traffic Stop”, Seven Days VT
December 7, 2017, “ACLU questions Vt. policing policy change”, WCAX
December 7, 2017, “Vermont Immigrant Advocates Question Policing Policy Change”, U.S. News
December 7, 2017, “Rights groups say proposed changes weaken police anti-bias policy”, VT Digger
December 1, 2017, “Mexican Consulate Coming To Middlebury On Saturday”, VPR
November 29, 2017, “Marquis Theater and SURJ Join in Anti-Racism Film Series”, The Middlebury Campus
November 21, 2017, “Court ruling could weaken federal pressure on VT, BTV immigration sanctuary policies”, Burlington Free Press
November 17, 2017, “What does DOJ threat mean for Vt. undocumented immigrants”, WCAX
October 31, 2017. “Farmworkers of the World, Unite!” Huffington Post
October 20, 2017. “Vermont dairy workers win historic workers’ rights agreement: educators cheer” Education Votes
October 19, 2017. “How Milk with Dignity got a historic agreement.” Socialist Worker
October 18, 2017. “Migrant Justice Says Federal Agencies Target Its Members, Now, It’s Seeking Records in Court.” Vermont Public Radio
October 18 2017. “Migrant Group Accuses Federal Government of Targeting Them” Associated Press
October 16, 2017. “Migrant Justice sues feds for information, claiming harrasment.”Burlington Free Press
October 13, 2017. “Socially Responsible Way to Eat Ice Cream.” Human Rights First
October 11, 2017. “Thelma Gomez and Will Lambek on Justice for Migrant Workers.” A Worldview Apart.
October 13, 2017 “Ben & Jerry’s forms partnership with Vermont co-op to promote better working conditions” Co-op News
October 12, 2017. “Farmworkers get Ben & Jerry’s to sign.” Worker’s World/Mundo Obrero
October 5, 2017, “Logran lecheros acuerdo con trabajadores migrantes” El Pulso Laboral
October 4, 2017, “Migrant Justice sign dairy farm worker human rights agreement with Ben & Jerry’s” RI Future
October 4, 2017 “Ben & Jerry’s Signs Labor Agreement Protecting Farm Workers” Democracy Now
October 4, 2017, “Ben & Jerry’s Signs Deal to Improve Migrant Dairy Workers’ Conditions,” Vermont Public Radio
October 4, 2017, “Ben & Jerry’s Vows to improve dairy farmers’ working conditions” Orlando Sentinel
October 4, 2017, “Ben & Jerry’s Pledges to Protect Dairy Worker’s Rights” Civil Eats
October 4, 2017, “Ben & Jerry’s acuerda mejorar las condiciones de los trabajadores inmigrantes en granjas lecheras” Mundo Hispanico
October 4, 2017 “Logran acuerdo empresa y trabajadores inmigrantes de industria lechera” 20 Minutos
October 4, 2017, “La norteamericana Ben & Jerry’s Implementa Histórico Para Sus Obreros” Mas Que Vida Digital
October 3, 2017, “Ben & Jerry’s acuerda mejorar condiciones de los trabajadores” Metro PR
October 3, 2017 “Stated Clerk letter, Stony Point Center, local Presbyterians all played role in October 3 agreement between Migrant Justice and Ben & Jerry’s” Presbyterian Church US
October 3, 2017, “Ben & Jerry’s agrees to improve conditions for farmworkers” Daily Mail
October 3, 2017, “Famous Ice Cream Brand to Encourage Human Rights Improvements,” NECN
October 3, 2017, “Ben & Jerry’s agrees to Milk with Dignity campaign” Burlington Free Press
October 3, 2017, “Ben & Jerry’s Strikes Deal to Improve Migrant Dairy Worker’s Conditions,” New York Times
October 3, 2017, “ Migrant Justice, Ben & Jerry’s Make Milk with Dignity Deal,” My Champlain Valley
October 3, 2017 “Ben & Jerry’s signs ‘Milk with Dignity’ pact with migrant workers,” VT Digger
September 20, 2017, “Dairy Workers embark on 10 city speaking tour targeting Ben & Jerry’s” , VT Digger
September 20, 2017. “Bullying at the Border Hurts Vermont” Brattleboro Reformer
September 19, 2017, “Human Rights Can’t Wait!” Food Solutions New England
September 8, 2017. “10th annual Vermont Sings for Peace to benefit Migrant Justice” VT Digger
August 14, 2017, “What Will America Eat When Trump Throws Out Migrant Labor,”, Pacific Standard
August 10, 2017, “Sanctuary Policy was passed in Vermont to to protect a big state secret. Migrant farm workers,” Circa
August 9, 2017, “Villalobos Brothers Perform Barnard Benefit for Migrant Farmworkers Saturday Night,” Valley News
July 10, 2017, “Poverty Wages, Deportations, Wage Theft, Cockroaches: Farmworkers Demand Dignity from Ben & Jerry’s” Truthout
June 27, 2010. “Thirteen Miles of Dignity: Hundreds March on Ben & Jerry’s Vermont Factory for Migrant Worker’s Rights - Photo Essay” Toward Freedom
June 23, 2017, “Immigration police grab two more activists”, Socialist Worker
June 22, 2017 “Dairy worker detained after march”, Stowe Today
June 21, 2017, “Funcionarios de Vermont abogan por activistas ante el ICE”, Gerente
June 21, 2017, “2 immigrant farmworkers arrested after Ben & Jerry’s”, Fort Bend Herald
June 21, 2017, “2 Mexican Immigrant Dairy Farmers Arrested After Marching to Ben & Jerry’s Factory, Held on Immigration Charges”, Burlington Patch
June 20, 2017, “Immigrant Workers and Activists Challenge Ben & Jerry’s Over Working Conditions”, truthdig
June 20, 2017, “Farmworkers’ arrest brings protest to ICE”, St. Albans Messenger
June 20, 2017, “Vermont: ICE Arrests Two Farmworker Activists with Group Migrant Justice”, Democracy Now
June 19, 2017, “Arrestan en Vermont a dos migrantes mexicanos”, Telemundo
June 19, 2017, “Border Patrol Arrests Two Mexican Farm Workers in Vermont”, Seven Days
June 19, 2017, “Migrant Justice Protests for Release of Two Members”, My Champlain Valley
June 19, 2017, “Activists Seek Release of Dairy Workers Detained After March”, Vermont Digger
June 19, 2017, “Activists Call for Release of Undocumented Farmworkers in Vermont”, NECN
June 19, 2017, “Dairy Workers Detained Following Weekend Protest”, WCAX
June 19, 2017, “Protesters decry farmworkers’ arrest after Ben & Jerry’s march”, Burlington Free Press
June 19, 2017, “Immigrant farmworkers arrested after Ben & Jerry’s march”, CBS News
June 19, 2017, “Two Vermont Dairy Workers Arrested And Handed Over to Immigration”, VPR
June 19, 2017, “2 Immigrant Dairy Farmworkers Arrested After March”, U.S. News & World Report
June 19, 2017, “Border Patrol detains two dairy workers driving home from immigrant rights march”, Daily Kos
June 19, 2017, “Dairy Workers Lead 13-Mile March on Ben & Jerry’s”, VT Digger
June 19, 2017. "Scores of farmworkers, activists march on Ben & Jerry's", Burlington Free Press
June 19, 2017, “Scores of farm workers, activists march on Ben & Jerry’s”, USA Today
June 18, 2017, “Acto en Vermont expresa apoyo a inmigrantes”, Gerente, via Associated Press
June 18, 2017, “Migrant Justice: Two Arrested After Saturday March”, My Champlain Valley
June 18, 2017, “Farmworkers Arrested by Border Patrol After 13-Mile Dairy March”, NECN
June 18, 2017, “Farm workers Protest Ben & Jerry’s”, Boston Herald Radio
June 18, 2017, “Ben & Jerry’s Needs to Put Their Money Where Their Mouth Is”, The Mary Sue
June 17, 2017, “Migrant Justice Takes Fight to Ben & Jerry’s Factory”, My Champlain Valley
June 17, 2017, “The Latest: Farm workers, activists march on Ben & Jerry's” The Tribune
June 17, 2017, Scores of farm workers, activists march on Ben & Jerry’s, The Washington Times
June 17, 2017, Scores of farm workers, activists march on Ben & Jerry’s, The Daily Mail
June 17, 2017, Scores of farm workers, activists march on Ben & Jerry’s, National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
June 16, 2017, “Advocates For Vermont Dairy Workers Plan Saturday March on Ben & Jerry’s”, VPR
June 16, 2017, “Joann Kamuf Ward and Benjamin Hoffman: Ben & Jerry’s Not Living Up to Its Values”, VT Digger
June 16, 2017, “Dairy workers to lead 13-mile march on Ben & Jerry’s Saturday”, Vermont Biz
June 16, 2017, “Why I’m Marching to Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Plant” Civil Eats
May 18, 2017, “In Hardwick, A Discussion Of What Deportations Would Mean For Vermont Dairy”, Vermont Public Radio
May 17, 2017, “After arrest, undocumented immigrant says Trump targets activist leaders for deportation”, Concord Monitor
May 11, 2017, “ICE came for us and the community stood up”, Socialist Worker
May 11, 2017, “Ways of Seeing: ‘Milk with Dignity’ a worthy goal”, Addison County Independent
May 9, 2017, “Immigrant activist returns to Mexico from federal retention”, VT Digger
May 8, 2017, “Activists still move in the spirit of John Brown”, NCPR
May 8, 2017, “Migrant Justice Advocate Accepts ‘Voluntary Departure’ to Mexico”, Seven Days
May 8, 2017, “ICE: Undocumented dairy worker to be deported”, WCAX
May 3, 2017, “Migrant Justice hits Ben & Jerry’s”, Rutland Herald
May 2, 2017, “Advocates Protest Immigration Policies”, WAMC
May 2, 2017, “May Day Activists Demand Ben & Jerry’s Implement Milk with Dignity”, WAMC
May 2, 2017, “Migrant Group Puts Pressure on Ben & Jerry’s on May Day”, U.S. News & World Report
May 2, 2017, “UPDATED: Migrant Advocates to Attend Democratic Awards”, VT Digger
May 1, 2017, “Workers march for better conditions in Burlington”, WCAX
May 1, 2017, “Migrant Justice calls on Ben & Jerry’s during March for Dignity”, MyNBC 5
May 1, 2017, “The Day Without Immigrant Workers Has Begun”, The Nation
May 1, 2017, “On May Day, Migrant Justice to march on Ben & Jerry’s”, Vermont Biz
April 30, 2017, “Burlington police chief has message for U.S. attorney general”, VT Digger
April 30, 2017, “Migrant Justice challenges Ben & Jerry’s”, Burlington Free Press
April 19, 2017, “Letter: Rallying for Migrant Justice”, Brattleboro Reformer
April 11, 2017, “Farmworkers Advocates Confront Ben & Jerry’s Board Members to Protest Labor Conditions”, VPR
April 11, 2017, “Migrant Justice Protests Outside Ben & Jerry’s Board Meeting”, My Champlain Valley Fox44 & ABC22
April 4, 2017, “Dairy Workers Protest At Ben & Jerry’s Free Cone Day in Call For Better Labor Conditions”, VPR
April 4, 2017, “Farmworker Rights Leaders Plan to Protest on Ben & Jerry’s Free Cone Day”, Huffington Post
April 4, 2017, “Migrant Workers Group protests Ben & Jerry’s”, Washington Examiner
April 4, 2017, “Free-cone seekers swallow moral dilemna”, Burlington Free Press
April 4, 2017, “Migrant Justice During Free Cone Day”, My Champlain Valley Fox44 & ABC22
April 1, 2017, “Funcionarios de Vermont abogan por activistas ante el ICE”, Gerente, via Associated Press
March 31, 2017, “Cesar Chavez, jail time, and migrant justice today”, Lily’s Blog (from National Education Association)
March 30, 2017, “Officials vent to feds about immigration crackdown”, Vermont Digger
March 29, 2017, “After Protests, ICE Releases Two Vermont Migrant Activists and Seattle DREAMer”, Democracy Now
March 29, 2017, “America’s deportation squads want to expel our neighbors. We are saying no”, The Guardian
March 29, 2017, “Fear on the farm: In Vermont, migrant dairy workers and their bosses worry about Trump”, CBC News
March 29, 2017, “Area Groups to Discuss Sanctuary”, Valley News
March 28, 2017, “Morning Shift: Did ICE Target Vermont Activists?”, POLITICO
March 28, 2017, “Released Migrant Justice organizers speak out at BTV rally”, Burlington Free Press
March 28, 2017, “Undocumented Migrant Justice members honored, back in Vermont after arrests”, MyNBC 5
March 28, 2017, “2 activists arrested by immigration officials are released”, New Jersey Herald via Associated Press
March 28, 2017, “It’s Law: Vermont Limits the Role of Local Cops In Federal Immigration Enforcement”, Vermont Public Radio
March 28, 2017, “In Boston, Federal Judge Holds One Vermont Immigration Activist, Releases Two Others”, Latino USA
March 28, 2017, “"Zully, Enrique, Alex, listen, we're fighting", Al Dia
March 27, 2017, “Federal Judge Releases 2 Vermont Migrant Activists Arrested by ICE”, WBUR News
March 27, 2017, “Titterton: Citizenship”, Vermont Public Radio
March 27, 2017, “N.H. dairy farms deal with threat of labor deportations”, Concord Monitor
March 27, 2017, “Migrant Justice Cases Spark Protest at Boston Immigration Court”, Seven Days VT
March 27, 2017, “ICE Arrests Two More Immigration Activists in Burlington”, America’s Voice
March 27, 2017, “About 100 protest detention of Vermont farmworker activists”, Associated Press
March 26, 2017, “Hundreds in Boston Will Protest Vermont ICE Arrests”, The Boston Globe
March 25, 2017, “My undocumented friend: Carlos does the work few in Vermont want to do”, The Guardian
March 24, 2017, “Burlington Activists Arrested by ICE officers”, The Vermont Cynic
March 24, 2017, “Were These Vermont-Based Immigrants Detained by ICE as Retaliation For Their Activism?”, Remezcla
March 23, 2017, “Feds could ICE-out dairy economy: deporting workers would ‘devastate’ farms”, Addison County Independent
March 23, 2017, “Tales of deportation in Trump’s America: Week Two”, BBC News
March 22, 2017, “Protesters demand release of immigration rights activists arrested by ICE”, Brattleboro Reformer
March 22, 2017, “Vermonters Protest Arrests of Migrant Farmworkers”, Valley News
March 22, 2017, “In Trump Era, a Pattern of Deportation as Retaliation is Emerging”, Truthout
March 22, 2017, “ICE’s war on immigrant organizers in Vermont”, International Socialist Organization
March 22, 2017, “I.C.E. Agents Arrest and Detain Three Migrant Justice Organizers in Burlington”, The Middlebury Campus
March 22, 2017, “ICE’s war on immigrant organizers in Vermont”, Socialist Worker
March 21, 2017, “Thousands Show Support For Detained Human Rights Leaders in Vermont”, Latino Rebels
March 21, 2017, “More than 200 rally in Montpelier after ICE Arrests”, NBC5
March 21, 2017, “After Arrests, Attorney Says ICE is Targeting Migrant Justice”, Seven Days VT
March 20, 2017, “CCTV Denounces Federal Detention of Migrant Justice Activists”, CommonGood VT
March 20, 2017, “Human Rights Leaders from Migrant Justice Targeted in Vermont,” NESRI (National Economic and Social Rights Initiative)
March 20, 2017, “Migrant Justice to Hold Another Rally”, My Champlain Valley
March 20, 2017, “Vermont’s Congressional Delegation Joins the Criticism of ICE Arrests”, Seven Days VT
March 20, 2017, “Organizer: ICE Detention of Immigrant Rights Activists in Vermont is Clear Case of Political Retaliation”, Democracy Now
March 20, 2017, “Feds Deny Targeting Political Activists”, Vermont Digger
March 18, 2017, “Large Protest in Vt. After Feds Arrest Immigrants”, My Champlain Valley
March 17, 2017, “Advocates call for release of undocumented worker arrested in Burlington”, Burlington Free Press
March 17, 2017, “ICE Detains Two More Migrant Justice Activists”, Vermont Digger
March 17, 2017, “Two More Vt. Migrants Are Detained”, Valley News
March 17, 2017, “Justice for Migrant Workers in Vermont!”, Weave News
March 17, 2017, “Undocumented farm worker arrested by ICE while attempting to settle DUI case”, MyNBC5
March 16, 2017, “ICE Agents Arrest Dairy Worker en Route To Burlington Courthouse”, Vermont Public Radio
March 16, 2017, “Feds Pick Up Unauthorized Immigrants Arriving at State Courts”, Vermont Digger
January 12th, 2016, "Episode 24: On ICE," WNPR New England News Collaborative
December 22nd, 2016, "Federal authorities are still arresting immigrants who aren't top priorities for deportation," WBUR Morning Edition
December 20th, 2016, "A path forward for Migrant Justice," VT Digger
December 20th, 2016, "A path forward for Migrant Justice following the elections," WDEV Equal Time Radio
December 18th, 2016, "Vermont cities wrestle with sanctuary state rules," Burlington Free Press
December 14th, 2016, "Sanctuary Cities in Vermont," VPR Vermont Edition
December 10th, 2016, "Vermont migrants watch nervously," Barre-Montpelier Times Argus
November 11th, 2016, “Migrant Justice: Our Entire Community Feels Fear”, ABC/Fox My Champlain Valley
November 10th, 2016, “Migrant Justice says community is nervous after Trump’s win”, NBC Channel 5 WPTZ
November 10th, 2016, “Migrant Workers: On the Heels of the Election, Increased Anxiety”, Seven Days VT
November 9th, 2016, “Vermont’s left considers its future under President Trump”, VT Digger
October 9th, 2016, "Emails show DMV fraud-fighting spilled over into immigration enforcement," VT Digger
September 22nd, 2016, Immigration activists protest arrest of dairy worker who allegedly overstayed visa. NBC Channel 5 WPTZ
September 22nd, 2016, Migrant Justice to ICE, Release our friend Miguel, ABC/Fox My Champlain Valley
September 22nd, 2016, Vermont dairy farm worker detained by federal agents, CBS Channel 3 WCAX
July 18th, 2016, Sanctuary cities are some of the few safe havens for undocumented immigrants, The Nation
July 11, 2016: Migrant Justice’s Milk With Dignity Program Fights for Fair Labor in Vermont Food Tank
June 27, 2016: Victor Diaz is still fighting for justice SocialistWorker.org
June 19, 2016, “New bias-free policy for VT police”, Burlington Free Press
June 17, 2016, “New Policy Helps Clarify Police Role in Immigration Enforcement”, VPR
June 16, 2016, “Migrant Justice: Human Rights and Food Justice”, Vermont Conversations
June 15, 2016, “Fair and impartial policing policy: Mandatory on July 1”, Times Argus
June 15, 2016, “New standards on bias-free policing hailed as positive step”, Vermont Digger
June 15, 2016, “Grand Isle County Sheriff's Department settles discrimination case”, WCAX
June 14, 2016, “Vermont Sheriff Department Pays to Settle Instance of Discrimination”, VPR
June 13, 2016, “County sheriff's office settles discrimination case for $30,000”, Vermont Digger
May 4, 2016 “Migrant worker living in Vt. expected to be released from jail" WCAX
May 4, 2016, “Migrant Justice, bail granted for activist facing deportation” Vermont Digger
May 4, 2016 “Vermont Migrant activist freed by judge,” Burlington Free Press
May 4, 2016 “Detained Farmworker Activist Victor Diaz to be released on Bond,” 7Days
May 1, 2016 “Rallies continue against deporting Victor Diaz” My Champlain Valley
April 28, 2016 “Human Rights Leader arrested in Stowe" Stowe Reporter
April 27, 2016 Farmworkers are taking on poor pay and conditions and winning" Huffington Post
April 25, 2016 "Activists demand release of nationally recognized migrant worker" WCAX
April 22, 2016 “Leahy to intervene in detention of migrant worker,” Burlington Free Press
April 22, 2016 “Advocacy group calls for release of detained migrant activist,” VPR
April 22, 2016, “Migrant rights group fights to keep member from being deported” My Champlain Valley
March 28th, 2016, "Brick thrown through window of activist building with 'Black Lives Matter' Sign", Democracy Now!
March 25th, 2016, “Activists Say Their Office Was Target Of Racially Motivated Attack”, VT Digger
March 24th, 2016, “Police Investigate Possible Racial Bias Incident”, WCAX
March 24th, 2016, “Police: Brick Thrown Through Window At VT Worker's Center”, My Champlain Valley
March 15th, 2016, “Burlington Police Face Pushback On Homeland Security Partnership”, Seven Days
March 15th, 2016, “Advocates Question Letting Burlington Police Act As Federal Agents”, VT Digger
March 14th, 2016, “Possible Partnership between Burlington Police and Homeland Security”, My Champlain Valley
December 18th, 2015, “Discrimination Case Highlights Police Bias Toward Immigrants, Advocates Say”, VT Digger
August 26th, 2015, “Farmworkers Reach Agreement with Ben & Jerry’s”, Christian Science Monitor
August 24th, 2015, “Milk With Dignity: Farmworkers Reach Important Agreement with Ben & Jerry’s”, Food Tank
July 17th, 2015, "Dairy Workers Challenge Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream", NPR
July 6th, 2015, “New York Times hails efforts by Vermont dairy workers”, Coalition of Immokalee Workers
July 6th 2015, “How Migrant Farmworkers are Cross-Pollinating Strategies and Winning”, Labor Notes
July 5th 2015, “Protests Target Ben & Jerry’s”, Dallas Morning News
July 3rd, 2015, “Farm Labor Groups Make Progress on Wages and Working Conditions”, The New York Times
June 21st, 2015, “Ben & Jerry’s Agrees to ‘Milk with Dignity’ Agreement”, VT Digger
June 19th, 2015, “Migrant Farmworkers Ask Ben and Jerry’s to Provide ‘Milk With Dignity’”, Truth Out
May 27, 2015 “This Will Make You Think Twice About Downing That Pint of Ben & Jerry’s in One Sitting”, The Nation
May 12, 2015, “Farmworkers Target Ben & Jerry’s”, VT Public Radio
May 11, 2015, “Will Ben and Jerry’s Help Improve Conditions for Dairy Workers”, Civil Eats
January 12th, 2015, “Massachusetts Migrant Advocacy Group Says Vermont DMV Personnel May Be Tipping Off Immigration Service”, VT Digger
December 8th, 2014, “Vermont Activists Join National Call to Cut US Funding to Mexico Following Students’ Disappearance”, Toward Freedom
December 3rd, 2014, “Vermonters Urge Leahy: Enforce the Leahy Law”, VT Digger
November 20th, 2014, “Advocacy Group Reacts to Obama’s Immigration Plan”, VT Public Radio
October 23rd, 2014, “Farm to Plate Tackles Food Equity Issues”, VT Digger
June 3rd, 2014, “Dairy Work Has Sourced Vermont’s Migrant Workers”, In These Times
May 19th, 2014, “Advocates for Migrant Dairy Workers Focus on Housing”, VT Digger
May 19th, 2014, “Migrant Workers Demand Better Working Conditions At Vermont Dairy Farm”, Fox News Latino
May 19th, 2014, “Vermont Migrant Farm Workers to Focus on Housing”, The Barre Montpelier Times Argus
May 19th, 2014, “Vermont Migrant Farm Workers to Focus on Housing”, The Brattleboro Reformer
May 17th, 2014, “Defienden a Jornaleros en Vermont”, Terra
May 5th, 2014, “Bias-free Policing is a Small Price to Pay to Protect Rights”, Addison County Independent
May 1st, 2014, “Lawmakers Share Personal Stories in Debate Over Bias-Free Policing”, VT Digger
May 2nd, 2014, “Vermont House OKs Collecting Profile Data”, Rutland Herald
April 17th, 2014, “19 Immigrant-Rights Activists Arrested at Suffolk Jail”, Boston Globe
March 14th, 2014, “Advocates Say State Needs Stronger Bias-Free Police Laws”, VT Digger
March 14th, 2014, “Panel Sees Little Data on Bias Free Policing”, Rutland Herald
March 14th, 2014, “Little Data on Police Anti-Bias Progress”, The Barre Montpelier Times Argus
March 13th, 2014, “Vt. Panel Sees Lack of Bias-Free Policing Data”, The Washington Times
March 13th, 2014, “Vt. Panel Sees Lack of Bias-Free Policing Data”, WCAX
January 2nd, 2014, “Migrant Workers Revving Up For Driver’s Licenses”, Burlington Free Press
July 3rd, 2013, “VT Migrant Worker Danilo Lopez May Avoid Deportation”, VT Digger
July 16th, 2013, “Immigrant Activist Danilo Lopez Gets to Stay”, Boston Globe
June 19th, 2013, “Immigrant Activist Gets Boost From VT Delegation”, Channel 5 News
June 11th, 2013, “Supporters Rally to Block Removal of Vt. Activist”, Boston Globe
June 11th, 2013, “Movement Launched to Halt Deportation of Vermont Migrant Worker Who Fought for Driver’s Privilege”, VT Digger
June 11th, 2013, “Supporters Rally to Block Vt. Activist’s Deportation”, The Barre Montpelier Times Argus
June 10th, 2013, “Supporters Rally to Block Removal of Vt. Activist”, Channel 5 News
June 6th, 2013, “Vermont Allows Migrants to Drive”, Valley News
June 6th, 2013, “New Law Offers Migrant Farm Workers in Vermont the Privilege to Drive”, Vermont Biz
June 5th, 2013, “Shumlin to Sign Immigrant Drivers Bill”, WCAX
June 5th, 2013, “Leader in Immigrant License Push Faces Deportation”, Channel 5 News
June 5th, 2013, “With Promise of Driver’s Licenses, Migrant Farmworkers Hope for the Best” Seven Days
April 8th, 2013, “Vermont Senate Advances Immigrant License Bill”, Channel 5 News
April 5th, 2013, “With 27-2 Vote, Senate Backs Bill Allowing Undocumented Mirgant Workers to Drive in Vermont”, VT Digger
April 5th, 2013, “Vt. Senate Greenlights Driving Privileges for Immigrant Farmworkers”, WCAX
April 5th, 2013, “VT State Considers Driver's Licenses for Migrant Workers”, North Country Public Radio
April 5th, 2013, “VT State Advances Immigrant License Bill”, VT Public Radio
March 29, 2013, “Senate Panel Advances Driver’s Licenses for Undocumented Farm Workers”, Burlington Free Press
March 29th, 2013, “Vermont Could Become the Third State to Approve Driver’s Licenses for Undocumented Immigrants”, Media Mobilizing Project
March 14th, 2013, “Senate Panel to OK Driver’s Licenses for Undocumented Workers”, Channel 5 News
February 13th, 2013, “Senate Hearing on Immigration Reform Touches on Human Cost of the Debate”, NBCLatino
February 11th, 2013, “Vermont UCC Reaches Out to Migrant Dairy Farm Workers”, United Church of Christ
January 18th, 2013, “Sunday Jobs: A Voice for Vermont’s Migrant Workers”, Burlington Free Press
January 18th, 2013, “Health Board Considers Cost of Care for Migrant Farm Workers”, VT Public Radio
January 15th, 2013, “Committee Supports Driver Licenses for Undocumented Workers”, WCAX
December 6th, 2012, “Migrant Justice Brings Home the Reality of Vermont’s Hidden Workers”, Basement Medicine
December 15th, 2012, “Vt. Legislative Panel Ponders Immigrant Licenses”, Rutland Herald
December 13th, 2012, “Migrant Worker Driver’s Licenses Recommended by Study Group”, VT Digger
December 13th, 2012, “Panel Says Immigrant Farmworkers Should Get Driver’s Licenses”, VT Public Radio
December 6th, 2012, “Innovations and Collaborations Grant Program At the Vermont Community Foundation Awards $222,000 to 13 Nonprofit Organizations This Fall”, VT Digger
November 1st, 2012, “Vermont’s Silent Voices”, Basement Medicine
October 22nd, 2012, “Vt. Faith Group Adds Voice to Immigrant Discussion”, WCAX
October 23rd, 2012, “Religious Coalition Backs Migrant Rights”, Vermont Today
October 4th, 2012, “Vt. Committee Considers Migrant Farmworker Licenses”, WCAX
October 4th, 2012, “Vt. Considers State ID’s for Undocumented Immigrants”, Channel 5 News
October 4th, 2012, “Few Obstacles Seen to Allowing Migrant Workers to Have Drivers Licenses”, VT Digger
October 3rd, 2012, “Migrant Farmworkers Make Pitch for Drivers’ Licenses”, VT Public Radio
October 2nd, 2012, “Bank Group Warns About ID Change”, Vermont Today
September 12th, 2012, “Research Sheds Light on Lack of Health Care for Migrant Workers”, University Communications
August 14th, 2012, “Committee Considers Alternative IDs for Migrant Workers”, Vermont Today
August 12th, 2012, “Vermont Not a Workers Paradise: Wage Slavery in Dairy Farms Leads to Protests”, Environmental and Food Justice
August 8th, 2012, “Should Undocumented Workers Get Vt. Driver’s Licenses?”, WCAX
May 30th, 2012, “Mexican Evolution”, Seven Days
May 24th, 2012, “State Says Secure Communities Won’t Change Bias Free Policy”, VT Public Radio
May 23rd, 2012, “Vermont Now Part of US Secure Communities Program”, Boston Globe
May 23rd, 2012, “Feds Say There is No Opting Out of Secure Communities Policing”, VT Digger
May 22nd, 2012, “Vermont Now Part of Feds’ ‘Secure Communities’ Program”, Burlington Free Press
April 9th, 2012, “Vermont Considers Driver’s Licenses for Migrant Workers”, Farmworkers Forum
February 23rd, 2012, “Immigrant farm workers push for guest IDs”, Brattleboro Reformer
December 20th, 2011, “Danilo Lopez of Justicia Migrante Migrant Justice Speaking at the Vermont Human Rights Conference”, Vermont Workers Center YouTube
December 11th, 2011, “State, Local Policies Emerge on Immigration”, Wall Street Journal
December 11th, 2011, “State, Local Policies Emerge on Immigration”, Business Week
December 11th, 2011, “State, Local Policies Emerge on Immigration”, The Christian Science Monitor
December 11th, 2011, “State, Local Policies Emerge on Immigration”, Boston Globe
Nov 23rd, 2011, “Food Justice Wins We Can Be Thankful for This Year,” Color Lines
November 11th, 2011, “New 'Bias-Free' Immigration Policy Presents Challenges,” VPR
November 7th, 2011, “Mexican Organizers Say Immigration Problems Don’t Stop at the Borders,” VT Digger
November 5th, 2011, “Vermont Bans State Police from Asking About Legal Status for Suspected Illegal Immigrants,” MASS LIVE
November 5th, 2011, “Under New Rules, Vermont State Police Can No Longer Ask Undocumented Residents About Immigration Status,” VT Digger
November 4th, 2011, “State Revises Its ‘Bias-Free’ Policing Policy,” VPR
November 4th, 2011, “Shumlin Makes ‘Look the Other Way’ Official Immigration Enforcement Policy,” Seven Days
November 4th, 2011, “Shumlin Effectively Puts ‘Look the Other Way’ in Writing,” WPTZ
November 4th, 2011, “Shumlin Unveils Bias-free Policing Policy,” WCAX
November 5th, 2011, “VT Amends Policy on Illegal Immigrants,” Brattleboro Reformer
November 1st, 2011, “Why Farmer Chris Wagner Hired Migrant Workers to Milk his Cows,” Seven Days
October 17th, 2011, “VT Farmworkers say they had a good meeting with governor,” Boston Globe
October 17th, 2011, “Migrant Workers Continue to Lobby Governor,” Rutland Herald
September 27th , 2011, “Vermont Migrant Farmworkers,” CCTV Live at 5:25
September 15th, 2011, “VT Governor Wants Police Directive on Migrant Workers: Shumlin Says State Policy Is To 'Look The Other Way',” WPTZ
September 14th, 2011, “Did VT Police Target Migrant Farmworkers?” WCAX
September 14th, 2011, “Migrant Farmworker Arrests Prompt Internal Police Investigation,” WCAX
September 13th, 2011, “Video: Migrant Farm Worker Leader Detained; 3 Arrested; Gov. Shumlin Orders Investigation,” Seven Days
August 26th, 2011, “Traven Leyson's Show on Healthcare and Migrant Justice,” CCTV
August 18th, 2011, “Migrant Workers to Shumlin: Denounce Immigration Enforcement Program,” Seven Days
July 20th, 2011, “Migrant Workers Lobby Governor to Speak Out Against Federal Immigration Program,” Seven Days
June 10th, 2011, “Vermont Breaks Ground in Health Coverage for Migrant Workers,” Color Lines
May 20th, 2011, “Bikes Break Down Migrant Worker Barriers,” North Country Public Radio
May 3rd, 2011, “Activists Want Farmworkers Covered in Health Care System,” VPR
May 2nd, 2011, “Coverage for Migrant Farmworkers Sticking Point for Health Care Coverage,” VPR
May 2nd, 2011, “Activists Decry Exclusion of Undocumented Workers,” VTDigger
January 31st, 2011, “Coalition Promotes Bias-free Policing,” Addison County Independent
November 29th, 2010, “Dairy Laborers Who Sought Back Pay Find Work in County,” Addison Independent
November 19th, 2010, “Migrant Worker Files Complaint for Unpaid Wages,” VPR
November 18th, 2010, “Migrant VT Farm Workers go on Strike for Back Wages Owed,” Green Mountain Daily
July 13th, 2010, “Film Explores Death of Migrant Worker on VT Farm,” VPR
July 1st, 2010, “Mexican Farmworkers Doc Debuts in Burlington,” North Country Public Radio
June 30th, 2010, “A Vermont Documentary Follows a Dead Dairy Worker Home, to Mexico,” Seven Days
June 28th, 2010, “Tragedy Spurs a Movement: Grassroots Group Forges Connection Between Mexico, Vermont,” VTDigger
June 26th, 2010, “VT film documents hardships of migrant farmworkers,” “Rutland Herald
April 15th, 2010, “Son of Migrant Worker Lends 'Voices' to Cause: Enosburg H.S. Junior Translates for New Web Site,” Migrant Justice (St. Albans Messenger)
January 15th, 2010, “Body Of Farmworker Returned To Mexico,” VPR
January 9th, 2010, “After Migrant Worker's Farm Death, Advocates Hope to Bring Changes,” Times-Argus
January 9th, 2010, “Santiz Cruz Will be Buried Monday in Chiapas,” VT Digger
January 8th, 2010, “Vermonters Build International Solidarity with Migrant Farm Worker Community,” Green Mountain Daily
January 4th, 2010, “The Real Price of Milk,” The Atlantic
December 23rd, 2009, “Vigil for Mexican Farmworker Oveth Santis Cruz,” CCTV
December 23rd, 2009, “Vermonters Grieve ‘Invisible Life and Death’ of Migrant Farm Worker Killed in Farming Accident,” Green Mountain Daily
December 28th, 2009, “José Obeth Santiz Cruz Memorial Fund,” Vermont Workers’ Center
December 27th, 2009, “Young Man’s Accidental Death on a Vermont Dairy Farm Points up Migrant-Worker Conundrum,” VT Digger
December 23rd, 2009, “Vigil Held for Mexican Farm Worker,” WCAX News