Lucy Tompkins
@lucytompkins.bsky.social
Immigration Reporter at Seven Days in Burlington, VT // Report for America corps member
reach me at: lucy@sevendaysvt.com
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Hablo Español
reach me at: lucy@sevendaysvt.com
signal: lucytompkins.73
Hablo Español
A commercial truck driver from Afghanistan picked up a load of cookies in New Hampshire and plugged his destination into Google Maps.
He soon found himself approaching the border, realizing too late that his route was taking him through Canada. The snafu may cost him his shot at a life in the U.S.
He soon found himself approaching the border, realizing too late that his route was taking him through Canada. The snafu may cost him his shot at a life in the U.S.
Google Maps Routed These Afghan Truckers Through Canada. Then ICE Detained Them. | Seven Days
Afghan truck drivers transporting cookies and coffee are getting ensnared in President Trump's immigration crackdown at the Canadian border.
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October 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
A commercial truck driver from Afghanistan picked up a load of cookies in New Hampshire and plugged his destination into Google Maps.
He soon found himself approaching the border, realizing too late that his route was taking him through Canada. The snafu may cost him his shot at a life in the U.S.
He soon found himself approaching the border, realizing too late that his route was taking him through Canada. The snafu may cost him his shot at a life in the U.S.
NEW: Hundreds of kids in Vermont are growing up with parents whose legal status in the U.S. is tenuous. As immigration enforcement ramps up, parents face a difficult question: If they are detained, what will happen to their kids?
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Fearing Detention, Immigrant Parents Assign Legal Guardians for Their Kids
As immigration enforcement ramps up, parents are using a new program to assign legal guardians for their kids in case they are detained
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September 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
NEW: Hundreds of kids in Vermont are growing up with parents whose legal status in the U.S. is tenuous. As immigration enforcement ramps up, parents face a difficult question: If they are detained, what will happen to their kids?
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Breaking News: A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from carrying out fast-track deportations of people detained far from the southern border.
Judge Blocks Pillar of Trump’s Mass Deportation Campaign
Judge Jia M. Cobb rejected what she called “a truly startling argument” from the government that it could use a fast-track procedure to remove people arrested far from the southern border.
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August 30, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Breaking News: A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from carrying out fast-track deportations of people detained far from the southern border.
A group of volunteers turned Vermont’s remote Northeast Kingdom into a destination for asylum seekers. Now one of them is behind bars.
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Northeast Kingdom Women Fight to Free a Detained Asylum Seeker
A group of volunteers turned the Northeast Kingdom into a destination for asylum seekers. Now one of them is behind bars.
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August 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
A group of volunteers turned Vermont’s remote Northeast Kingdom into a destination for asylum seekers. Now one of them is behind bars.
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NEW for @sevendaysvt.bsky.social: ICE arrested several lumberyard workers in Essex Junction over the weekend in a targeted workplace raid. In an apparent escalation of enforcement, officials spent months auditing Lamell Lumber's records before making the arrests.
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ICE Detains Lumberyard Workers in Targeted Raid
Immigration officials raided Lamell Lumber in Essex Junction on Saturday and arrested migrant workers. Two were were previously deported have been charged.
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August 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
NEW for @sevendaysvt.bsky.social: ICE arrested several lumberyard workers in Essex Junction over the weekend in a targeted workplace raid. In an apparent escalation of enforcement, officials spent months auditing Lamell Lumber's records before making the arrests.
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A Vermont school superintendent was detained for hours by Customs and Border Protection after visiting Nicaragua, where he grew up. He's an American citizen, @lucytompkins.bsky.social reports.
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Winooski Superintendent Detained, Questioned by Border Officials
Superintendent Wilmer Chavarria, a U.S. citizen, was questioned for hours at a Houston airport as he returned from a visit to Nicaragua with his husband.
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July 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
A Vermont school superintendent was detained for hours by Customs and Border Protection after visiting Nicaragua, where he grew up. He's an American citizen, @lucytompkins.bsky.social reports.
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I'm excited to share that today is my first day as an immigration reporter at @sevendaysvt.bsky.social in Burlington, VT! I'm really looking forward to covering this important beat and working alongside the talented team here. Send tips, ideas or Vermont recs here: lucy@sevendaysvt.com
July 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I'm excited to share that today is my first day as an immigration reporter at @sevendaysvt.bsky.social in Burlington, VT! I'm really looking forward to covering this important beat and working alongside the talented team here. Send tips, ideas or Vermont recs here: lucy@sevendaysvt.com