Should Vermont prisons sever ties with the feds?

Gov. Phil Scott responds to cancelling agreement with I.C.E

The contract with immigration services allows for the feds to pay the state on a nightly basis when using beds for detainees in one of the state’s six prisons.

Should Vermont prisons sever ties with the feds?

State lawmakers and Governor Phil Scott are grappling with how -- if at all -- to respond following recent detentions in Vermont prisons.

Scott says ending agreement with ICE might not be the best thing

MONTPELIER — Gov. Phil Scott said Wednesday that ending Vermont’s agreement with federal immigration officials over detaining people in state facilities, as Democrats in the Senate have asked him to do, might not be the best thing for those being…

Vermont Senate leaders urge Gov. Phil Scott to terminate state agreement with federal immigration officials

The memorandum of understanding allows the federal government to hold immigration detainees at the state’s six prisons.

Phil Scott Dips a Toe Into the Resistance River and Finds the Water a Bit Chilly

At his weekly press conference, Gov. Phil Scott refused a call from Senate Democratic leadership to terminate Vermont’s agreement with the federal government that allows immigration detainees to be held in state prisons. “I’m not sure it helps the people being detained by moving them out of Vermont,” Scott said, citing a report that one detainee expressed relief that he was being held in our B.L.S. And you know, he’s not wrong. At least not in o…