Central Vermont Refugee Action Network

10/07/2026

Time to mark our calendars...

09/27/2026

CVRAN volunteers have, in the past, met some of these hard-working people, and are extremely concerned about their situation.

Recent targets of ICE have not been criminals, but laborers in construction and roofing.

09/25/2026

09/17/2026

In case you missed it...https://www.vermontpublic.org/show/vermont-edition/2026-08-12/afghans-in-vermont-reflect-on-5-year-anniversary-of-taliban-takeover

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09/02/2026

A step forward for human rights in Vermont's prisons. Kudos to all who worked to make this happen.

The Humans Rights Commission filed a discrimination complaint against the Vermont Department of Corrections earlier this year after legal advocates raised concerns about how the department treated non-English speakers in its custody.

08/29/2026

Thanks, everyone! Steve Tendo was one of the very first people assisted by CVRAN, and it's great that the energy is still there!

Community members, religious leaders, and state representatives rallied outside the ICE field office in St. Albans to support Steven Tendo, a Ugandan asylum seeker, during his immigration check-in hearing.

08/18/2026

Hundreds gathered at the Unitarian Church of Montpelier on Aug. 9 for a fundraiser supporting Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi, who is facing deportation. Story by Hojun Choi. Photos by Cassandra Hemenway. Read more at the link in comments or at thebridgevt.org

08/13/2026

CVRAN volunteers worked hard as part of a team to pass Vermont’s Fair and Impartial Policing Policy. Naturally we are saddened to read stories such as these.

“Vermont’s existing framework for keeping local police out of the deportation business clearly needs to be stronger, and there must be accountability when local officials violate that policy,” ACLU told VTDigger. “Vermont should not be complicit in ICE and Border Patrol abuse.”

08/07/2026

Vermont Says No Deportation of our Neighbor
Mohsen Mahdawi
Community support and fundraiser on Sunday , August 9.
The Social Action Committee of the Beth Jacob
Synagogue, in cooperation with the Unitarian Church
of Montpelier, invite you to a show of public support
and fundraiser for Mohsen Mahdawi, the Palestinian
Vermonter threatened by the Trump Administration
with deportation.
The event will take place at 7pm on Sunday August
9th at the Unitarian Church Montpelier, and is free
and open to the public.
Speakers will include Mohsen Mahdawi, David Cole,
Shaul Magid, Grace Oedel, Mark Hage, Joan Javier-
Duval, Eric Levi Jacobson, and the community and
families of Jewish and Palestinian Vermonters
standing up together to protect our neighbors.