VAAP Appeal - Final Hours

Your year-end gift helps ensure no one faces deportation alone

View this email in your browser Vermont Asylum Assistance Project is a legal services and technical assistance organization that exists to mentor no-cost and low-cost immigration lawyers and legal workers; educate and serve VT immigrants and community members; maximize impact across sectors; and advocate to protect immigrants’ rights. Join us: www.vaapvt.org. KEEPING FAMILIES TOGETHER Renew Your Support for VAAP Today ⏰ Last chance to give before year-end ⏰ You can help ensure no one in Vermont faces detention or deportation alone.  This year, your generosity helped us: Stop the unlawful detentions and deportations of several parents, neighbors, caregivers, and youth Protect due process for a former child soldier who did not understand his asylum seeking rights Reunite a persecuted Falun Gong practitioner with his asylum-seeking family Secure the medical release of a woman denied critical care in detention Just this fall, your support made possible: 62 people represented in removal proceedings 43 legal visits inside detention facilities 27 detained people receiving direct legal intervention 10 bond hearings and 5 habeas actions litigated Nearly 100 volunteers trained statewide Next year, every attorney position you help VAAP to sustain unlocks access to: Representation for 25–35 people in removal proceedings Brief consultations/advice for an additional 35–45 people 3–6 Know Your Rights presentations for community groups Weekly case rounds for practitioners statewide 1:1 supervision for 3–5 additional pro bono volunteers And rapid-response advocacy when detention and deportation threats hit without warning Your support keeps families together and protects due process in Vermont. Will you make a year-end gift of $10, $25, or $50 right now?  Thank you for stading with detained Vermonters. With gratitude, Jill Martin Diaz, Esq. Executive Director Scan the QR code or click here to donate Vermont Asylum Assistance Project  P.O. Box 814, Elmwood Ave, Burlington, VT 05402 802-999-5654 ‖ info@vaapvt.org ‖ www.vaapvt.org Copyright © 2025, Vermont Asylum Assistance Project, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. Want to read this newsletter in Spanish, French, Haitian Creole, Dari, or Portuguese? Visit www.vaapvt.org/newsletters and select your language in the top right corner. ¿Desea leer este boletín en español, francés, criollo haitiano, dari o portugués? Visite www.vaapvt.org/newsletters y seleccione su idioma en la esquina superior derecha. Quer ler este boletim em espanhol, francês, crioulo haitiano, dari ou português? Visite www.vaapvt.org/newsletters e selecione seu idioma no canto superior direito. Voulez-vous lire ce bulletin en espagnol, français, créole haïtien, dari ou portugais? Visitez www.vaapvt.org/newsletters et choisissez votre langue en haut à droite. Vle li bilten sa a an panyòl, fransè, kreyòl ayisyen, dari oswa pòtigè? Ale sou www.vaapvt.org/newsletters epi chwazi lang ou anlè adwat. آیا می‌خواهید این خبرنامه را به اسپانیایی، فرانسوی، کریول هایتی، دری یا پرتغالی بخوانید؟ به www.vaapvt.org/newsletters بروید و زبان خود را در گوشهٔ بالا سمت راست انتخاب کنید.