State bias-free policy under scrutiny

Posted on November 3, 2011 |

• Vermont
• agriculture
• bias-free policing
• migrant labor
• VSP

By Andrea Suozzo

VERMONT — In the wake of a September incident in which Vermont State Police detained illegal immigrants identified in a traffic stop, the role of state law enforcement in federal immigration enforcement has come under scrutiny.

The incident at hand was a traffic stop on I-89 that led to the detention of two migrant farmworkers and an investigation of Trooper Jared Hatch, the officer involved.

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