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Organizers Expect High Turnout For Williston ICE Protest

Protesters outside of the ICE complex in Williston. The agency operates a tip call center out of the facility that gets call from all over the country.
Liam Elder-Connors
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VPR
Protesters outside the Homeland Security facility in June, 2018.

Sponsors predict as many as 1,000 attendees at an immigration policy protest set for Sunday afternoon in Williston.

The march has 60 co-sponsors, and a broad objective. Rachel Siegel, executive director of the Peace And Justice Center, said organizers hope to get Vermonters activated about federal policies at the Mexican border.

"I also think we need to be putting pressure on our Congressional delegation, because they are the ones voting for funds that are expanding ICE's reach and the detention centers," she said.

The march is scheduled to begin at Vermont Technical College in Williston at 3 p.m. and will conclude at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Law Enforcement Support Center, a half mile away. The center employs deportation officers who help coordinate enforcement actions nationwide, according to the ICE website.

Emily Corwin reported investigative stories for VPR until August 2020. In 2019, Emily was part of a two-newsroom team which revealed that patterns of inadequate care at Vermont's eldercare facilities had led to indignities, injuries, and deaths. The consequent series, "Worse for Care," won a national Edward R. Murrow award for investigative reporting, and placed second for a 2019 IRE Award. Her work editing VPR's podcast JOLTED, about an averted school shooting, and reporting NHPR's podcast Supervision, about one man's transition home from prison, made her a finalist for a Livingston Award in 2019 and 2020. Emily was also a regular reporter and producer on Brave Little State, helping the podcast earn a National Edward R. Murrow Award for its work in 2020. When she's not working, she enjoys cross country skiing and biking.
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