Jan Steinbauer: Is the Vermont tradition to welcome or to scare?

Dear Editor,Recently, an asylum-seeker family was detained by Customs and Border Protection near the Vermont-Canada border. After 30 hours’ detention with little to eat or drink and mats on the ground to sleep on, the wife and three small children were released. As of this writing, the husband is in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, his fate unclear despite his and his family’s asylum case being in process. This story is frightening immigrants across Vermont.Individuals pe