🇺🇸 USA Aug 13, 2026 · Grace Bertrand

Local police aid in Border Patrol’s deportation efforts raises questions on statewide compliance to policies on immigration enforcement

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Local police aid in Border Patrol’s deportation efforts raises questions on statewide compliance to policies on immigration enforcement
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A U.S. Border Patrol vehicle patrolling the area near Richford, Vermont in August 2025. CBP file photo by Jerry Glaser/Wikimedia Commons



Moments after a Chittenden County sheriff’s deputy pulled over a Chevrolet Spark on a back road in Berkshire last month, the officer picked up his personal cellphone and texted a group of Border Patrol agents. 



“Need one of you,” the text said.



Within the hour, a farmworker was in federal custody. He was later deported.



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