A group of activists and a local faith leader were detained Tuesday while trying to deliver basic necessities to immigrants detained at the Burlington U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center.
Roger Rosen, Eric Segal, Sabine von Mering and the Rev. Fred Small were arrested by officers from the Burlington Police Department.
“We want those who are detained to know that they are not forgotten, not now and not in any season,” said Rev. Sarah Lusche, the senior minister at Old Cambridge Baptist Church and a licensed clinical social worker who was present when the four were arrested. “That’s what today was about — attempting to care for these members of our community who are being detained without due process by this administration’s regime of immigration terror.”…