Vermont Asylum Assistance Project

Vermont Asylum Assistance Project VAAP coordinates free immigration legal services and advocates for immigrants' rights. Request our legal help at www.vaapvt.org/legal-support

🗓️ FREE WEBINAR TODAY! “Immigration Updates from Vermont: What’s Happening in the State House, the Courts, and on the Gr...
05/06/2026

🗓️ FREE WEBINAR TODAY! “Immigration Updates from Vermont: What’s Happening in the State House, the Courts, and on the Ground.” Register at https://bit.ly/42dPnPN. 🔗 Link in bio.

Today, May 6th at 12pm, join Vermont immigration lawyers from , , and for a free and public webinar on the latest developments in local immigration-related law, policy, and practice.


Catch up on immigration-related progress at the Vermont State House, emerging trends in detention and enforcement, and key updates from the federal courts.
Topics will include:
✔️Legislative updates
✔️Detention and enforcement trends
✔️Federal court developments
✔️On-the-ground advocacy and legal response

Free and open to the public. Bring your lunch and join the conversation.

URGENT! Please take two minutes today to call your legislators. ‼️The Vermont Legislature is making critical decisions t...
05/05/2026

URGENT! Please take two minutes today to call your legislators.

‼️The Vermont Legislature is making critical decisions that will affect families across our state. This morning, we need lawmakers to hear clearly from Vermonters that immigrant communities deserve real protection, real accountability, and real access to legal help.

Find your legislators: legislature.vermont.gov/people
Call the State House: 802-828-2228

When you call, identify your first name and town, and leave this message:

“Hi, I’m calling to urge my legislators [Senator NAME] and [Representative NAME] to protect Vermont immigrant families by please: Fighting ICE surveillance through S.71; Restoring federal accountability in S.208; and Restoring Vermont Legal Aid helpline funding in H.951 so immigrant families can stay healthy, housed, and safe. Thank you.”

Learn more at https://mailchi.mp/vaapvt.org/20260505?e=0191e16584. Link in bio.

04/10/2026

Please help Vermont Asylum Assistance Project celebrate Aries season right 🔥 by helping us to MELT ICE 🧊 Celebrate with Jill and Sarah by donating to work at vaapvt.org/donate 🤍

Por favor, ayuda a Vermont Asylum Assistance Project a celebrar la temporada de Aries como se debe 🔥, ayudándonos a DERRETIR EL HIELO 🧊. Celebra junto a Jill y Sarah haciendo una donación para apoyar la labor en materia de en Vermont, a través de vaapvt.org/donate 🤍

Aidez Vermont Asylum Assistance Project à célébrer la saison du Bélier comme il se doit 🔥 en nous aidant à FAIRE FONDRE LA GLACE 🧊 Célébrez aux côtés de Jill et Sarah en faisant un don pour soutenir le travail juridique en matière d’immigration au Vermont, sur vaapvt.org/donate 🤍

03/11/2026

Reminder! 🚨‼️ Need immigration legal help in Vermont?

Submit one request at vaapvt.org/help and VAAP will try to connect you with trusted nonprofit partners. You can also get help completing the form at immigrant-serving nonprofits. Capacity is limited. Review our free multilingual self-help resources‍ or look for a ‍private attorney in the mean time.

Is ICE activity happening right now? Immigration lawyers are not trained in rapid response. We focus on court work that can stop unlawful detention or deportation, which requires focused computer work and takes time.

For Rapid Response help in the moment of an emergency — that you are personally witnessing, and that is currently unfolding — instead call Migrant Justice at 802-881-7229 and make your legal help request at vaapvt.org/help after.

VAAP is hiring its first Legal Intake Coordinator to staff Vermont’s first system for coordinated immigration legal inta...
02/12/2026

VAAP is hiring its first Legal Intake Coordinator to staff Vermont’s first system for coordinated immigration legal intake! We’re moving fast to meet the long overdue and increasingly urgent community need for a central point of contact. Priority deadline is this Monday — Apply today! 🔗Link in bio!

Reimagining & reopening VAAP immigration legal help in Vermont 🌟 Please share. More languages soon. English + Spanish be...
02/09/2026

Reimagining & reopening VAAP immigration legal help in Vermont 🌟 Please share. More languages soon. English + Spanish below.

¡Estamos renovando y reabriendo el sistema de ayuda legal de inmigración de VAAP! 🌟 Compártelo por favor. Pronto habrá más idiomas. Inglés y español abajo.

ENGLISH: Need an immigration lawyer in VT? Start here: www.vaapvt.org/help. Please submit ONE form. We aim to follow up within 5 business days (detention/urgent deadlines first). In-person help is still available at AALV, VAA, WISE Upper Valley, and other trusted community orgs.

Rapid response is different from legal help. ICE emergency now? Call Migrant Justice Rapid Response: 802-881-7229. Non-emergency sightings/reports: www.vaapvt.org/icetracker. Know Your Rights: www.vaapvt.org/library.

ESPAÑOL: ¿Necesita un/a abogado/a de inmigración en VT? Empiece aquí: www.vaapvt.org/help. Envíe SOLO UN formulario. Intentamos responder en 5 días hábiles (primero detención/plazos urgentes). Hay ayuda en persona todavida ofrecido por AALV, VAA, WISE Upper Valley y otras organizaciones comunitarias de confianza.

La respuesta rápida no es lo mismo que la ayuda legal. ¿Emergencia con ICE ahora? Llame a Migrant Justice Rapid Response: 802-881-7229. Avistamientos/reportes no urgentes: www.vaapvt.org/icetracker. Conozca sus derechos: www.vaapvt.org/library.

02/04/2026

UPDATE FROM ORGANIZERS: Following a powerful mobilization, the emergency rally in St. Albans has wrapped up. Steven Tendo has been transfered out of state and is now in New Hampshire. His attorneys and the VT Congressional delegation are working to bring him home. Ralliers now going to Federal Court in Burlington (11 Elmwood Ave) to support Hussein Noor Hussein during his court hearing.

02/04/2026

Join in support of Steven Tendo in St Albans TODAY. There are no rights without remedies!

ICE enforcement is deadlier for detainees than the COVID-19 pandemic, and now the Executive Branch is extrajudically kil...
01/08/2026

ICE enforcement is deadlier for detainees than the COVID-19 pandemic, and now the Executive Branch is extrajudically killing the Fourth Branch: The People. Justice for Renee, and justice for the dozens of people who perished in ICE custody this year. We rally for them all tonight. Join us at Burlington City Hall at 6pm.

From each and every one of our team members to each and every one of you, thank you for joining VAAP in the work of rig...
12/31/2025

From each and every one of our team members to each and every one of you, thank you for joining VAAP in the work of rightsizing Vermont’s immigration legal infrastructure just in time. As reported by :

“’We’ve been bringing habeas petitions when we feel there’s capacity and the law is on our side,’ said Martin Diaz, the group’s executive director. ‘And it’s been working. It’s amazing.’

“As Trump’s crackdown escalated in Vermont, the group also has helped to channel outrage over his policies into a wildly successful fundraising effort, netting more than half a million dollars for a legal defense fund for immigrants in Vermont, $200,000 of which so far has been awarded to its own office

“The project now has 10 staff members, plus a team of volunteer attorneys. The past few months have been a whirlwind, as the team has sought to expand and train its staff while putting out daily fires.

“Outside of the work in detention facilities, the lawyers continue to help people apply for asylum, obtain work permits and make progress toward permanent residency. Several work specifically with unaccompanied minors and youths who were abandoned or abused by their parents.

“’We’re taking this moment to set up the legal infrastructure we’ve wanted for a decade,’ Martin Diaz said. ‘Now it’s a priority, but we were underprepared to meet this moment.’”

All of this, because of your support. Thank you.

🔗 Link in bio. Read the full story and celebrate your impact!

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