Children are being separated from their families at the border and imprisoned in concentration camps. ICE raids are increasing in frequency and severity, instilling fear and terror into immigrant communities. People are dying at the border as they flee for their safety. Cherished members of our local community are being rounded up as they shop for groceries and send hard-earned money to their families. We refuse to wait and see -- we know from history what happens next.

On Sunday, July 28, we will gather at 2:30 at the Williston branch of Vermont Technical College -- a recipient of ICE contract funds -- at the intersection of Helena Drive and Essex Road in Williston. At 3PM we will begin our march to the ICE Data Center (a.k.a. the Law Enforcement Support Center or LESC) at 188 Harvest Lane, Williston. For those who would like to join but are unable to march, please meet us at our destination point. We plan to arrive at 188 Harvest Lane between 3:45 and 4PM. The ICE Data Center has been quietly operating in VT for years and is the national nerve center that aids much of ICE's work, providing data about people's immigration status to federal agents and local cops, which can lead to arrests. This center operates 24/7 and employs approximately 400 workers.

Co-sponsors to date include:
National Association of Social Workers, VT Chapter
Pride Center
Vermont Legal Aid
Congregation Ruach haMaqom
Migrant Justice
Sunrise Vermont
350Vermont
Essex Resists
Sunrise Movement Burlington
Ohavi Zedek Synagogue
Extinction Rebellion Southern Vermont
Sunrise Middlebury
Middlebury Sunday Night Environmental Group
Vermont Network Against Domestic & Sexual Violence
LGBTQIA Alliance of Vermont
Sunday Night Environmental Group
Central Vermont Showing Up For Racial Justice
United Valley Interfaith Project
Vermonters for Justice in Palestine
Vermont National Lawyers Guild
Central Vermont Refugee Action Network
Beth Jacob Synagogue Social Justice Committee
United Academics
Stand Up
ACLU-VT
Green Mountain Self Advocates
Queer Connect, Inc
Middlebury SURJ
Indivisible Calais
Extinction Rebellion Burlington
Raíces Resistentes
Immigration Justice Team of First UU Society of Burlington, VT
Vermont Yankee Decommissioning Alliance

Oct 14, 2024, 6 to 7:30 PM

Oct 18, 2024, 4 to 6 PM

Oct 19, 2024, 10 AM to 7 PM