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Essex County Sheriff pushes back against Vermont immigration policy

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By Guy Page

CANAAN — Essex County Sheriff Trevor Colby is challenging parts of Vermont’s Fair and Impartial Policing (FIP) policy, saying the state’s restrictions on communication with federal immigration authorities are illegal and undermine public safety in his rural, border county.

The FIP rules, first mandated in 2017 after the election of Donald Trump, limit state, county, and local police from working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the U.S. Border Patrol. The Legislature in 2017 directed the Vermont Criminal Justice Council (VCJC) to draft and enforce the policy, which all agencies are required to adopt.

Sheriff Trevor Colby

Colby, who oversees a 10-deputy department, says the rules simply don’t work in Essex County, where federal officers are often the only backup available.

“Border Patrol is our primary law enforcement agency in a domestic response,” Colby said. “The nearest state police barracks serving Canaan is in Derby, an hour away. If there’s a crash or a violent domestic call, Border Patrol stabilizes the scene until we can get there. This policy makes that harder.”

Colby has submitted a draft revision of the FIP to the Council, requesting more flexibility for Vermont officers. His first attempt was rejected, but he said conversations with a new VCJC counsel have reopened the discussion. Despite media reports to the contrary, he has no interest in pursuing litigation against the VCJC, he said. 

“The policy specifically states we can’t have more communication with immigration officials than is allowed,” Colby said. “That’s interfering with our rights to communicate with Border Patrol, which I believe violates federal law. They’ve gone too far.”

Colby stressed that his department is not seeking to enforce immigration laws directly. “We are not going out and looking for people who are undocumented,” he said. “But if I’m driving along and there’s a criminal violation of federal law, I don’t want to risk getting jammed up just because of this policy.”

He also voiced concerns about how much power the Council now wields. “They make the policies, they monitor their enforcement,” and they can decertify officers, he said. Colby said the FIP reflects the nation’s wide disagreement over immigration: “I really feel like the political divide in our country has come down to regulating law enforcement.”

At the same time, Colby said not all of the Council’s work has been negative. He praised portions of its diversity and cultural awareness training. “We’re really not a diverse state, but I do think some of the training is beneficial,” he said. “There have been elements that help officers better understand different cultures. We’re at least having some conversations.”Essex County is the least-populated county in Vermont and the heart of the ‘Northeast Kingdom.’ The sheriff’s office is located in Guildhall. Essex County state’s attorney Vince Illuzzi is scheduled to speak about law enforcement in his county at 11:20 AM today on the VDC public affairs program ‘Hot Off The Press’ on WDEV.


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  1. Great comments by Sheriff Colby! About time someone speaks out and speaks the truth

  2. For law enforcement officers who take their oath to uphold the law seriously, they have the option of carrying a less-traceable burner cell phone to tip off ICE. This allows them to do their duty without jeopardizing their job. Haven’t we all been told: “If you see something, say something”?

  3. Essex County, I love it ! It is still populated with real Vermonters with common sense, and a sense of personal responsibility that is quite rare in a lot of the rest of the state, but enough of my love of this part of the State, and admiration of those that live there. The Sheriff’s department in Essex Count is small compared to other Counties because of the sparse population, but it is a large county in square milage. This area also has a couple of very good State Game Wardens that I am sure are not too far away when needed, but it is still quite a large area to cover without the concept of Federal, State, and local mutual aid. Regulations that discourage interaction between agencies really lays bare the intent of those who propose them. And the obvious intent is to carry out the orthodoxy of a “sanctuary” for illegal aliens, and criminals. I mean reasons for discouraging, or not allowing interaction between police agencies, surely is not to the benefit of law enforcement !

  4. Trevor Colby, son of previous Sheriff, Amos Colby, tends to be soft and wishy-washy on the his “stance” of standing up against state government overreach. He is an elected official and can tell the state outright that he was elected to protect his county and that is what he should be doing. We are not interested in foolish DEI or cultural rubbish. We want corrupt officials, drug dealers and thieves arrested and put in jail. If a criminal illegal alien is involved in criminal acts then the Sheriff is obligated to inform federal agents. The criminal-loving democrat freaks in Montpelier need only one thing – to be ignored.

    • So poignant. We should definitely ignore democrats. Because they do not agree with us, we should demonize them. Kathleen, perhaps you can lead the charge! Organize a protest with the mission “You are with us or you are a freak and we will ignore you. Your cultural is rubbish unless we like it! And WE are in charge!” Corrupt officials like Tom Homan are… well, he’s cool, but Bob Menendez is a corrupt politician! And republicans can prop up Trump as the Upstanding Politician who definitely in no way ever benefited from his post in office.

  5. Hmmmm Wonder why we can’t reply to [Nick Rosato]! He obviously doesn’t understand the Democrats are destroying our State and Our Country. At least we aren’t like them and shoot our Political opponents!!

    • Guy: Perhaps Laurie Gilman is making a valid point. The [Reply] button isn’t available on comments that are, themselves, replies. In fact, Laurie Gilman did the only thing available to her – address Nick Rosato directly. I, for one, don’t see this as ‘mocking other commenters’.

      If anyone is guilty of your assertion, it’s Nick Rosato. Everything Rosato said, while referring to Kathleen Nelson in this thread, was not only misleading and inaccurate, it is a directed ad hominem personal attack based on false allegation and innuendo. For example, nowhere in this thread has anyone, let alone Kathleen Nelson, said “You are with us or you are a freak and we will ignore you. Your cultural is rubbish unless we like it! And WE are in charge!”

      While I don’t pretend to understand the motivation, this is clearly Rosato’s continuing modus operandi. Nonetheless, Rosato has the right to say what he chooses. And we have the right to call him out when he does so… with or without a [Reply] button.

    • Call him out all you want, Jay, it’s all in how you do it – you know the difference between words that make a point and words that directly mock another person. In this section, we all need to choose the former.

    • No worries – all comments are secured, stored and scored by the bestowed propriators/keepers of information. Whether it be via the chip in the head, the hand, or blood vessel, thou shall be deemed worthy of bread and water, future circus events, or any sustinance based on said score. I’m playing the golf version, the more sub-par here the higher the ascension score in the only place that truly matters in the end.

    • Guy: What about the primary point addressed? We know, at least most of us know, the “it’s all in how you do it” caveat. But the issue that you apparently misunderstood was the initial question…

      “… why we can’t reply to [Nick Rosato]!” – vis a vie a [Reply] button on replies?

      If it’s a web site limitation, let us know. Otherwise, I’ll address the apparent VDC policy double standard on “not mocking other commenters” another time.

    • Laurie Gillman, how dare you mock Nick (No Reply Button) Rosato with the TRUTH
      Democrats aren’t destroying the state and the country, COMMUNISTS are.

      “The more a society drifts from the truth the more it will hate those who speak it”.
      George Orwell

    • After reading all the comments, I realized that sometimes you’re the pigeon and sometimes you’re the statue.

  6. Nice article Sheriff Trevir Colby. Thank you for standing up for our Constitution and for “We The People!” Finally, a Law Enforcement agency leader with ballscto stand up against Democrat-Marxist leaders. God bless you, Sheriff and your Teams.

  7. Too late – the barn door left wide open, all the cattle (including citizens) and chattel leveraged or sold off to the highest bidders and buyers of last resort – but the show shall go on until the rug pull is ready.

    There was a time when the Constitutional Republic stood, if not on solid footing, but steadily enough, and it was the law of the land, so we were told and sold. Slowly, in the shadows, in the gilded, grand, portrait-laden halls, behind the SCIF walls, it was disassembled and papered over with federal debt notes and Acts of enormity – willingly and knowingly.

  8. What most American’s are NOT aware of … is something the *United Nations & the *European Union have been planning for decades (*both are controlled by the 1% Billionaire Zionists; both Jewish & Christian).

    Their Agenda 2020 has as part of their dismantling of the Free World … and it is called the “KALERGI PLAN” …

    “The Kalergi Plan: the Covert Scheme To Destroy Europe From Within”

    https://themillenniumreport.com/2018/01/kalergi-plan-the-covert-scheme-to-destroy-europe-from-within/

    The 1% Billionaire Zionists want forced integration of Islamic peoples from all the countries that the USA went to war for Israel (the entire Middle East) ~ post the False Flag of 9/11 (an inside job by CIA. Mossad, M16 & Saudi Intelligence).

    Each country’s tax dollars are being used to assist in the immigration of Islamic (many who practice misogynistic Sharia Law) into these Westernized Countries. This is being done to help serve Israel’s expansion:

    Zionist Israel does not just want to rid their world of Palestinians; they want illegal immigration of all the Islamic people into the Western World: our World … Our United States of America … Our Vermont.

    United Kingdom, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, all of Europe, the United States & Canada.

    The plan was originally meant solely for Europe, but now the entire continent of North America has been included in their plan.

    Many of the search engines will say this the ‘Kalergi Plan’ is a “Conspiracy theory” … It is NOT. I use “yandex” dot com ~ as my search engine where one can still find legitimate information that is not falsely labeled as a “conspiracy theory”

    Other articles to review to learn more about this (explaining why trump wants to exit the United Nations) – it’s all a scam … as was Black Lives Matter, and the push for Transgender (America was doing fine regarding LBGTQ rights until they started cutting up our children & destroying their health on Hormone Blockers) …
    All of this a a Covert Coup to DESTABILIZE AMERICA … and the biggest PsyOp? is they will accuse us all of being “Islamophobic” …

    Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi – Metapedia
    https://en.metapedia.org/wiki/Richard_von_Coudenhove-Kalergi

    THE KALERGI PLAN: THE ULTIMATE SECRET OF THE UN’S AGENDA 21 – UFO Digest
    https://www.ufodigest.com/article/the-kalergi-plan-the-ultimate-secret-of-the-uns-agenda-21/

    Barbara Lerner Spectre (Israeli Zionist) calls for destruction of Christian European ethnic societies
    https://youtu.be/G45WthPTo24?si=RA9uXPvtyzDwfKjm

  9. ~ My biggest concern as of late (in relation to Essex County Sheriff Trevor Colby)
    is my recently learning  about a Geo-Political Coup that is being carried out by the
    1% Billionaire Jewish Zionists and their Christian Zionist friends
    (aka the Democratic Party) that is called the “KALERGI PLAN”.
    (NOTE: whether or not most Democrats are aware of this? I doubt … however the top influencers in the  DEMOCRATIC Party effecting Vermont, that are being manipulated & coerced  (e,g,. Senator Bernie Sanders & Represenative Becca Balint, and Congresswoman AOC) ~ and they are labeling any AMERICAN  against MASS-IMMIGRATION  of Black & Brown peoples as being;  “ISLAMOPHOBIC”  …  and Anti-BLM.
    All of this propaganda is just another CIA & Mossad “Divide & Conquer” PSYOP ~  that serves the Billionaire Class … Not the 99% of voters.  The NWO Billionaire Class  ~ wants to overtake the USA via MASS-IMMIGRSATION of Illegal Immigrants are pulling the Puppet-Strings attached to  Sanders, Balint & AOC. 
    I honestly do not believe most Democrats are aware of the KALERGI PLAN; however it is being carried out by NGO’S & within the higher ranks of the DNC;  e.g.,  the Clintons, John Kerry, the Bidens, Obama’s etc.  (the movie; “Leave It All Behind” symbolized their intentions; to destroy the White Race & cultural identity within the Western World).
      ~ The Democratic Party  is represented as being humanistic / empathic …  when in fact,  the Globalists intention is to USE the Democratic Liberal Party empathy to serve their covert agenda to achieve their ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT …
    Which will neither represent Liberals, or Conservatives in the end,  but will serve to install the NGO Zionist Globalists ‘One World Order’ …  where 99% of humanity  has zero Human Rights, and the Billionaires herd us into their United Nations Agenda of living in ‘open air prisons’ – 15 minute cities.
    The Long-Term Agenda of the United Nations, the European Union, the World Health Organization and the World Economic Forum … is being carried out in the LIGHT of Day … that very few can see …   has a name, and the Globalists call it their …  “Kalergi Plan”.
    I have good reason to believe the ‘Kalergi Plan” is what’s hiding behind this FORCED MASS IMMIGRATION; not just in the USA (Vermont), but Canada, all of Europe; the United Kingdom, Wales, Ireland & Scotland.   The 1% Zionist Globalists have been planning this illegal mass immigration for many decades.
     
    Initially it was ONLY planned to be carried out in Europe; but in the 1990’s the Central Bankers decided to pull all their investments out of the United States & focus on investing in China (per Whistle Blower Catherine Austin Fitz, who is an ex-Pat that lives in Sweden ~ but she is still very involved in trying to save America).   https://solari.com 
    The 1% Zionist Globalists want to force MIGRATION of Islamic Muslims (which I do not believe can be achieved peacefully with millions of Islamists; when America’s religious, social & culture beliefs conflict &  are drastically different.
    Islamic beliefs (if followed) are misogynistic, and they violate the human rights of women.  For the Western World to be against the acceptance of this merging of cultures is not “islamophobic, it is not racist, nor is it Anti–BLM.   However, it is about protecting women’s & young girl’s Human Rights.   
    But this is exactly what the 1% Globalists want; to demonize anyone resisting their plans (not the99% – we had no vote in this hidden agenda)  & their overall intent is to create mass CHAOS & the dissolution of the United States of America, so they can enforce a Marshal Law … resulting in an END to all our FREEDOMS.
    If the Islam population exceeds American’s … it will be impossible to peacefully integrate Christians with Muslims due to their misogynistic views; rape culture …
    Not to be “Islamophobic” like the “LEFT” (brainwashed by the Globalists)  want to call it …  but it is a valid concern for women/girls in Vermont, all of America, and the entire Western World.
    “BLM” laid the backdrop to deny & delegitimize our concerns of mass-immigration; BLM was deliberately perpetrated upon us by the WEF – Klaus Schwab — who is the KING of the U.N’s 15 Minute City Plans.  The Globalists used George Floyd’s life to set their BLM Agenda into motion  (when racist actions of the Police happen practically every day of the week). 
       Is the overall picture getting any clearer?   BLM, the Transgender push & Islamophobia …  was all PsyOp to destabilize our United States of America to Divide & Conquer America. 
      ~ the 1% KALERGI Zionists want to erase all caucasian cultures; Irish, Scottish, English, Italian, Greek, Swedish, Norwegian, German, Austrian,  etc., ~ via miscegenation (e.g., the rape culture of Islamic Sharia Law will expedite this happening) and have the Zionists of Israel Rule over the mongrel population making up the rest of the world.
      This is WHY Israeli’s look down on their Jewish culture mixing with other cultures.  Because their long term goal is to rule over all humankind ~ because they view themselves as being the CHOSEN ONES.    The CHOSEN ONE’s would never commit a Genocide upon innocent women & children in Palestine?  If there is a GOD, these people would NEVER be chosen to lead.
    The grandiosity of Israeli Zionists has gotten out of control.  I am not at all Anti-Semitic.  I myself, have Sephardic roots.   However, I am 100% Anti-Zionist Fascism (being perpetrated upon us by both Christian Zionists & Israeli Zionists).
    The KALERGI PLAN  actually is the only logical explanation for WHY WE NOW HAVE this insanity &  madness of “Open Borders” throughout Europe, Ireland & United Kingdom & recently the illegal immigration of criminals, etc., that happened under Biden for 4 years.  
    … I believe the Kalergi Plan is what’s behind forced immigration / open borders happening across all Westernized Countries (Europe, England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, USA & Canada). 
    If anyone wants to research anything, do NOT use Google, or even DuckDuckGo anymore as a search engine — both search engines are controlled by the 1% billionaires looking to steal our freedoms & they lie about everything  (any information that is TRUTH — they call it a “Conspiracy Theory” 
    KALERGI PLAN:  The Covert Scheme To Destroy Europe (and the USA & Canada) From Within
    https://themillenniumreport.com/2018/01/kalergi-plan-the-covert-scheme-to-destroy-europe-from-within/
    The Endgame – White Genocide
    https://rumble.com/v6vjkx5-the-endgame-white-genocide.html
     
    Barbara Lerner Spectre calls for destruction of Christian European ethnic societies
    https://youtu.be/G45WthPTo24?si=RA9uXPvtyzDwfKjm
    THANK YOU Sheriff Trevor  Colby for standing up to this insanity. 

    • Very interesting comment, thank you. Makes me wonder about one particular repeat commentator on this site who repeatedly espouses Dem/MSM talking points like being on a distribution list, has a photo of a chess piece, a pawn, very interesting pawn point of views

  10. Got to wonder what Sheriff Colby would do if he saw a picture of the person that did shoot Charlie Kirk. Warning, this site could be fake news. Rense .com, brown shirt man shoot Kirk with a protector palm pistol. Watch the video and you decide. Comment from Richard Day.

  11. ~ My biggest concern as of late
    (in relation to Essex County Sheriff Trevor Colby)
    is my recently learning  about a Geo-Political Coup that is being carried out by the
    1% Billionaire Jewish Zionists and their Christian Zionist friends
    (aka the Democratic Party) that is called the “KALERGI PLAN”.

    (NOTE: whether or not most Democrats are aware of this? I doubt it … however the top influencers in the  DEMOCRATIC Party effecting Vermont, that are being manipulated & coerced  (e,g,. Senator Bernie Sanders & Represenative Becca Balint, and Congresswoman AOC) ~ and they are labeling any AMERICAN  against MASS-IMMIGRATION  of Black & Brown peoples as being;  “ISLAMOPHOBIC”  …  and Anti-BLM.

    All of this propaganda is just another CIA & Mossad “Divide & Conquer” PSYOP ~  that serves the Billionaire Class … Not the 99% of voters.  The NWO Billionaire Class  ~ wants to overtake the USA via MASS-IMMIGRATION of Illegal Immigrants are pulling the Puppet-Strings attached to Sanders, Balint & AOC. 

    I honestly do not believe most Democrats are aware of the KALERGI PLAN; however it is being carried out by NGO’S & within the highest ranks of the DNC;  e.g.,  the Clintons, John Kerry, the Bidens, Obama’s etc.  (the movie; “Leave It All Behind” symbolized their intentions; to destroy the White Race & cultural identity within the Western World).

      ~ The Democratic Party  is represented as being humanistic / empathic …  when in fact,  the Globalists intention is to USE the Democratic Liberal Party empathy to serve their covert agenda to achieve their ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT (which is anti-democratic).

    It will neither represent Liberals, or Conservatives in the end,  but will serve to install the NGO Zionist Globalists ‘One World Order’ …  where 99% of humanity will not have Human Rights, and the Billionaires plan to herd us into their United Nations 15 minute cities ‘open air prisons’.

    The Long-Term Agenda of the United Nations, the European Union, the World Health Organization and the World Economic Forum … is their “Kalergi Plan”.

    I have good reason to believe the ‘Kalergi Plan” is what’s hiding behind this FORCED MASS IMMIGRATION; not just in the USA (Vermont), but Canada, all of Europe; the United Kingdom, Wales, Ireland & Scotland.   The 1% Zionist Globalists have been planning this illegal mass immigration for many decades.
     
    Initially it was ONLY planned to be carried out in Europe; but in the 1990’s the Central Bankers decided to pull all their investments out of the United States & focus on investing in China (per Whistle Blower Catherine Austin Fitz, who is now an ex-Pat that lives in Sweden ~ but she is still very involved in trying to save America).   https://solari.com 

    Islamic beliefs (if followed) are misogynistic, and they violate the human rights of women.  For the Western World to be against the acceptance of this merging of cultures is not “islamophobic, it is not racist, nor is it Anti–BLM.   It’s about protecting women’s & young girl’s Human Rights.   

    This is exactly what the 1% Globalists want; to demonize anyone resisting their plans (the 99% – had no vote in this hidden agenda).  Their intention is to create mass chaos so they can enforce a Marshal Law … which will result in an END to all our FREEDOMS.

    This is not being “Islamophobic” to push back against mass-immigration of Muslims; it’s common sense. The “LEFT” (brainwashed by the Globalists)  wants to call it ‘islamophobia’ …  but it is a valid concern for women/girls in Vermont, all of America, and the entire Western World.

    “BLM” laid the backdrop to deny & delegitimize our concerns of mass-immigration; BLM was deliberately perpetrated upon us by the WEF – Klaus Schwab — who is the KING of the U.N’s 15 Minute City Plans.  The Globalists used George Floyd’s life to set their BLM Agenda into motion  (when in truth, sadly racist actions of the Police happen practically every day of the week).  America is a work in progress. mass immigration is not the answer.

    BLM, the Transgender push & Islamophobia …  was all PsyOp to destabilize our United States of America to Divide & Conquer America. 

      ~ the 1% KALERGI Zionists want to erase all caucasian cultures; Irish, Scottish, English, Italian, Greek, Swedish, Norwegian, German, Austrian,  etc., ~ via miscegenation (e.g., the rape culture of Islamic Sharia Law will expedite this happening) and have the Zionists of Israel Rule over the mongrel population making up the rest of the world.

      This is WHY Israeli Zionists look down on their Jewish culture mixing with other cultures.  Because their long term goal is to rule over all humankind ~ they view themselves as being the CHOSEN ONES.    The CHOSEN ONE’s would never commit a Genocide upon innocent women & children in Palestine?  If there is a GOD, these people would NEVER be chosen to lead.

      I am not at all Anti-Semitic.  I myself, have Sephardic roots.   However, I am 100% Anti-Zionist Fascism (being perpetrated upon us by both Christian Zionists & Israeli Zionists). It seems the ‘Kalergi Plan’ is what’s behind forced immigration / open borders happening across all Westernized Countries (Europe, England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, USA & Canada). 

    If anyone wants to research anything, do NOT use Google, or even DuckDuckGo anymore as a search engine — both search engines are controlled by the 1% billionaires looking to steal our freedoms & they lie about everything  (any information that is TRUTH — they call it a “Conspiracy Theory” 

  12. LINKIS: to explain the KALERGI PLAN … which is the hidden agenda behind MASS-IMMIGRATION of illegals that was allowed for 4 years under the Biden Administration. It is actually an INVASION of the Western World with the intention of destabilizing it to enforce Marshal Law;
    KALERGI PLAN:  The Covert Scheme To Destroy Europe (and the USA & Canada) From Within
    https://themillenniumreport.com/2018/01/kalergi-plan-the-covert-scheme-to-destroy-europe-from-within/
    The Endgame – White Genocide
    https://rumble.com/v6vjkx5-the-endgame-white-genocide.html
     
    Barbara Lerner Spectre calls for destruction of Christian European ethnic societies
    https://youtu.be/G45WthPTo24?si=RA9uXPvtyzDwfKjm

  13. As a resident of Essex County, I am very grateful for our local sheriff department. But…. it is also very comforting, when traveling the desolate stretches of Rt.114, to see the “federal” border agents stationed at intervals, along the way. Guess I never thought of them as anything other than American law enforcement officials. That Vermont policy is rediculous. Thankyou, Sheriff Colby, and Thankyou to the Swanton sector border agents for all you do.

  14. Remember Teddy Miller, he would stop you regardless of your immigration status.

  15. Teddy Miller left town never to be seen again in Island Pond. Handed out many fake tickets.