Immigration

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) joined U.S. Representatives Delia Ramirez (D-IL-03) and Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ-07) to introduce the CBP Guidance on Personal Belongings Act, bicameral legislation to require the U.S. Customs and Border…

SWANTON and BURLINGTON, VT –Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) traveled to the northern border on Thursday for a tour of the Swanton Sector with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officers, and also convened Vermont-based refugee, migrant, and asylum assistance services providers in Burlington.  “There’s no question that our immigration…

 MONTPELIER, VT – This week, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) met with representatives from groups supporting asylum seekers across Vermont. The meeting, which included representatives from the Community Asylum Seekers Project of Vermont, the Chittenden Asylum Seekers Assistance Network, and Vermont Immigrant Assistance at Vermont Law…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a hearing held today by the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) addressed Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, on the surge of migrants at the northern border of the United States, in particular…

MIDDLEBURY, VT – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) toured the Open Door Clinic (ODC) in Middlebury, Vermont today to meet with migrant farm workers and highlight the clinic’s health care services for uninsured and under-insured Vermonters. The Open Door Clinic, which works primarily with migrant…