Bridge to Rutland https://bridgetorutland.com/ Supporting asylum seekers in Rutland County, VT Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:43:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://bridgetorutland.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Bridge to Rutland https://bridgetorutland.com/ 32 32 Know Your Rights: Information and resources for volunteers and community members https://bridgetorutland.com/know-your-rights-information-and-resources-for-volunteers-and-community-members/ Sun, 22 Feb 2026 02:26:36 +0000 https://bridgetorutland.com/?p=3099 Bridge to Rutland Director Ellen Green has offered trainings recently for volunteers as the community anticipates additional Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity. Community members might also benefit from the information shared. Presentation slides to download: Training for Volunteers February 2026 Resource links: Bridge to Rutland – https://bridgetorutland.com/ American Immigration Council – https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/ Vermont Asylum Assistance...

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]]> Thankful for our volunteers! https://bridgetorutland.com/thankful-for-our-volunteers/ Wed, 19 Nov 2025 21:08:46 +0000 https://bridgetorutland.com/?p=2952 EVERYONE who works with our families through B2R is a volunteer, and we couldn’t do what we do without them. And we couldn’t possibly afford to pay them what they are worth! B2R’s structure is family-oriented, with each household having a team of volunteers to meet the specific needs of that family. Family S has...

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]]> Good news! https://bridgetorutland.com/good-news/ Fri, 29 Aug 2025 23:53:52 +0000 https://bridgetorutland.com/?p=2941 Great things that have happened in recent months: 1. One asylum seeker who needed to report to an ICE check-in in person in St. Albans had a very successful trip and was checked in and was out the door in 20 minutes (after waiting apprehensively for 45 minutes.) 2. A family check-in was done by...

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]]> Funds and Fundraising Update https://bridgetorutland.com/funds-and-fundraising-update/ Tue, 26 Aug 2025 03:23:15 +0000 https://bridgetorutland.com/?p=2934 B2R has worked with the Vermont New Hampshire Asylum Support Network (VTNHASN) on grants through the Canaday Family Foundation and the State of VT. Both of those grants have been completed. However, the VTNHASN has been awarded a new Canaday grant which will focus a bit on direct services for each of the members of...

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]]> KYR – Know Your Rights https://bridgetorutland.com/kyr-know-your-rights/ Fri, 07 Feb 2025 20:25:47 +0000 https://bridgetorutland.com/?p=2682 KYR is important for both asylum seekers and other immigrants as well as for U.S. citizens. It’s important for employers, law enforcement, the medical community, schools, libraries, faith communities, and neighbors. The U.S. Constitution guarantees rights to all within its borders. You can read more about these rights at the following links: National Immigration Law...

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]]> A new year – a new time: January newsletter https://bridgetorutland.com/a-new-year-a-new-time-january-newsletter/ Thu, 23 Jan 2025 04:39:10 +0000 https://bridgetorutland.com/?p=2650 A new time for justice work. Bridge to Rutland has been in existence since August of 2020. We have welcomed 5 families, surrounded 12 asylum seekers with wrap-around services and helped another dozen with answering questions and referring them to the help they needed. In that time the Rutland area has taken part in our...

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]]> Migrants claiming asylum can be allowed into the U.S. Here’s how it works https://bridgetorutland.com/migrants-claiming-asylum-can-be-allowed-into-the-u-s-heres-how-it-works/ Sat, 11 May 2024 04:35:50 +0000 https://bridgetorutland.com/?p=2500 Read or listen to an NPR interview with Muzaffar Chishti from the Migration Policy Institute

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]]> Is it easy for migrants to enter the U.S.? We went to the border to find out https://bridgetorutland.com/is-it-easy-for-migrants-to-enter-the-u-s-we-went-to-the-border-to-find-out/ Sat, 11 May 2024 04:32:13 +0000 https://bridgetorutland.com/?p=2498 Read or listen to NPR’s first person report from the border.

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]]> Drug cartels making migrants’ journeys even more perilous https://bridgetorutland.com/drug-cartels-making-migrants-journeys-even-more-perilous/ Sat, 20 Apr 2024 23:53:18 +0000 https://bridgetorutland.com/?p=2476 Click here to read an article from the BBC about kidnappings and extortion at the southern border.

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]]> Asylum by the numbers https://bridgetorutland.com/asylum-by-the-numbers/ Wed, 29 Nov 2023 09:32:35 +0000 https://bridgetorutland.com/?p=2020 Here is a good source of information about asylum seekers in the United States as reported by the New York Times. Click here for the article.

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