1/2 [..] '“You live where you work and you work where you live,” said Migrant Justice organizer Marita Canedo, describing the isolated and harsh working and living conditions on Vermont dairy farms.

A 2024 survey conducted by Migrant Justice found that more than half of the surveyed workers worked 12 or more hours a day without overtime, while a quarter worked seven consecutive days. Eighty-two percent reported problems with employer-provided housing, citing pest infestations, mold, lack of heat and insulation, and overcrowding, with workers often sharing beds in shifts. Seventy-seven percent said they had sustained a work-related injury or illness, while more than half of the workers were denied paid medical leave. Migrant Justice was founded in 2009 following the tragic death of José Obeth Santiz Cruz, a dairy worker from Chiapas, Mexico, who was killed on a farm in Vermont when his arm became entangled in a chain-driven gutter cleaner, a piece of heavy machinery used to remove manure from a dairy barn. [..]

https://amsterdamalternative.nl/articles/21967/the-cows-don-t-milk-themselves-migrant-justice-brings-u-s-labor-fight-to-dutch-doorstep
#ahold #migrantjustice #ice

New Interactive Tool Helps Families Locate Loved Ones in ICE Detention

https://murica.website/2026/03/new-interactive-tool-helps-families-locate-loved-ones-in-ice-detention/

East Valley Rapid Response Training (EN/ES) is Tue Feb 10 at 6pm (location shared after RSVP). If ICE activity hits your community, trained neighbors can help document, verify, and accompany people at risk of detention. Register to Attend!

#MigrantJustice #MutualAid https://www.borderlandsinitiative.org/event-details/east-valley-rapid-response-training-entrenamiento-en-respuesta-rapida

Trump’s border policies trap migrants in danger, especially women & kids. Shutting CBP One & “Remain in Mexico” worsen the crisis. Mutual aid & solidarity are lifelines. #MigrantJustice #HumanRights #SolidarityNotWalls

https://globalvoices.org/2025/12/16/life-at-the-u-s-mexico-border-under-the-trump-administration/

Immigrant residents of the Green Mountain State say they’re here to stay as arrests ramp up in #Vermont
Four-part story & #podcast

https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-12-08/trumps-deportation-campaign-immigrants-here-to-stay

> In the last 10 months, federal agents have arrested more than 100 people in Vermont. Those arrests have upended the lives of individuals, the families & local economy they support, and sent shockwaves through our communities.

#longformJourno #journo #journalism #lifeUnderMAGAsiege #MAGAsiege #whiteNationalism #tyranny #fascism #VT #vermontPublic #migrantJustice #justiciaMigrante #milkWithDignity

Shocking Abuse Uncovered: Migrants at Miami ICE Jails Forced to Eat on Their Knees 'Like Dogs'

#ICEAbus #ImmigrantRightsCrisis
#MiamiDetention #TrumpImmigration
#AlligatorAlcatraz #MigrantJustice
https://eng.harbouchanews.com/2025/07/shocking-abuse-uncovered-migrants-at.html

Free Nacho! Free Heidi!

Pretty decent protest for such short notice.

https://migrantjustice.net/

#Montpelier #Vermont #AbolishICE #MigrantJustice