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 immigrants and community members; maximize impact across sectors; and advocate to protect immigrants’ rights.
VAAP NEEDS YOU ON MARCH 11TH
Even if federal immigration laws change for the worse, there is a lot Vermont can do at the state level to protect immigrant communities long term.
Vermont Senate committees have scheduled testimony about three pivotal immigrant-impacting bills on March 11th:
10:00AM in State House Room 1: SB44 to create oversight of state contracts with federal immigration authorities.
11:15AM in State House Room 27: SB25-0841 provisions to protect immigrant families from discrimination in housing.
1:30PM in State House Room 4: SB56 to create state authority to coordinate immigrant services for ALL foreign-born populations, in addition to refugees, to maximize workforce integration outcomes.
We need as many people as possible to show up for immigrant communities. There are many ways to show up:
JOIN US at the State House to make our presence felt. No RSVP needed.
TESTIFY in support by emailing committee assistants and urging committees to pass the suite of bills:
nbiscotti@leg.state.vt.us for DHS contract oversight (S.44);
hparker@leg.state.vt.us for fair housing (S25-0841); and
gdacierno@leg.state.vt.us for state coordination (S.56).
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More anti-immigrant federal funding cuts are coming. Let's make sure the state has authority to bring service providers and businesses together to weather the uncertainty ahead. We've got this!
See you tomorrow at the State House!
Jill Martin Diaz, Esq.
