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Senate adopts amended bill directing model school protocols for encounters with immigration enforcement
Summary
The Senate amended and passed S227 to require model policies for Vermont schools when immigration enforcement enters non-public areas, adding a requirement that officers provide official identification and a judicial warrant in one scenario and removing a statutory prohibition against 'not obstructing' enforcement.
The Senate on the floor adopted an amendment to S227 and passed the bill creating state-directed model protocols for how school officials should respond when immigration enforcement appears on campus.
The amendment, reported by the senator from Chittenton Southeast, adds a change requiring that, in one specified instance, an immigration enforcement officer provide official identification and a judicial warrant before taking certain actions. The amendment also struck statutory language that would have prohibited…
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