Living ‘in the shadows’: Some pro-ICE Vermonters support pathways to citizenship

WILLISTON — One ICE supporter showed up to a demonstration Saturday with an American flag and a strong belief in the work that immigration agents do every day. But that supporter, who introduced himself as Adam Manley, also believes in the American Dream — for undocumented immigrants and U.S. citizens alike. “By inviting people to come here undocumented and not sending them through the proper channels with documentation, it’s like stabbing them in the back because all these people, they have to live in the shadows,” Manley said. The planned gathering in support of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was promoted on social media by a group calling itself Mass ICE Patriots. The event outside the agency’s Law Enforcement Support Center turned into an amalgamation of Vermonters on both sides of the immigration issue. Counterprotesters and observers showed up as the ICE supporters waved flags in the rain. Some conversations got heated.

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