A significant immigration raid occurred on a Vermont dairy farm, resulting in the arrest of eight workers, including José Molina-Aguilar. Despite being in the asylum process, Molina-Aguilar was detained along with others, with some deported. Following his release, he advocates for worker rights. Legal representatives highlight the raid's impact on fear within the Northeast agriculture sector. The enforcement of immigration policies, fluctuating between strict actions and pauses, is creating anxiety among agricultural workers in both large states like California and small states like Vermont.
I saw through the window of the house that immigration were already there, inside the farm, and that's when they detained us. I was in the process of asylum, and even with that, they didn't respect the document that I was still holding in my hands.
These strong-arm tactics that we're seeing and these increases in enforcement, whether legal or not, all play a role in stoking fear in the community.
We must fight as a community so that we can all have, and keep fighting for, the rights that we have in this country.
The raid sent shock waves through the entire Northeast agriculture industry.
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