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Vermont Traffic Stop Leads to Deportation | Montpelier News
A Vermont dairy farm worker, Genri Jimenez, was deported after a routine traffic stop turned into an immigration arrest—raising alarms about possible collusion between local law enforcement and federal agents. Detained for nearly three weeks, Jimenez was handed over to U.S. Border Patrol following a stop for a missing license plate. Immigrant rights groups accuse a local sheriff’s sergeant of tipping off federal agents and aiding the detention. The sergeant is now on reassignment as authorities investigate, while civil liberties advocates say this violates Vermont’s fair policing standards…
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