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Vermont Asylum Assistance Project urges more legal support for immigrants, ties counsel to workforce stability
Summary
Maggie Fry of the Vermont Asylum Assistance Project told the House Commerce & Economic Development Committee that immigration legal services are essential for individuals to secure work authorization and that VAP is building statewide intake and private-bar engagement to meet demand.
Maggie Fry, an attorney and practice development fellow at the Vermont Asylum Assistance Project, told the Vermont House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development that access to immigration legal services strengthens both individual outcomes and Vermont’s workforce.
"Immigration law is extraordinarily complex, constantly changing," Fry said. She told committee members that many…
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