A Vermont dairy farm was raided. The mixed messages from Washington since then have increased fears [View all]

Source: Associated Press

A Vermont dairy farm was raided. The mixed messages from Washington since then have increased fears

By HOLLY RAMER and AMANDA SWINHART
Updated 12:38 PM EDT, July 7, 2025

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On April 21, he and seven co-workers were arrested on a Vermont dairy farm in what advocates say was one of the state’s largest-ever immigration raids.

“I saw through the window of the house that immigration were already there, inside the farm, and that’s when they detained us,” he said in a recent interview. “I was in the process of asylum, and even with that, they didn’t respect the document that I was still holding in my hands.”

Four of the workers were swiftly deported to Mexico. Molina-Aguilar, released after a month in a Texas detention center with his asylum case still pending, is now working at a different farm and speaking out.

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That fear remains given the mixed messages coming from the White House. President Donald Trump, who campaigned on a promise to deport millions of immigrants working in the U.S. illegally, last month paused arrests at farms, restaurants and hotels. But less than a week later, Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said worksite enforcement would continue.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/trump-immigration-farmworkers-vermont-aea999892ad6c752a360990e1c071527