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Incidents in Vermont
This page collects all documented immigration-enforcement incidents that occurred in the state of Vermont. These include workplace raids, traffic stops, home arrests, detentions, deportation actions, abuses, and any other discrete events involving ICE, CBP, HSI, ERO, local 287(g) partners, or any federal–local cooperative unit.
All incidents listed here were created and verified by the ICE List research team. Members of the public can submit information using our incident submission form.
Overview
Status: Active documentation Primary field office: Boston Field Office (covers Vermont) Regional focus: Northern border operations, dairy farm raids, Burlington metro arrests Related categories:
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- SoBu raid / agents confront protesters (South Burlington VT, 2026-03-11)SoBu raid / agents confront protesters (South Burlington VT, 2026-03-11)Not sureDetainedKey sources
- https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVwIxALkUtO/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
- https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVw8hyokbkm/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
- https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVwZQnkkYpe/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
- https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVwXkmukyqV/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
⚠ Verification status: NOT RESEARCHED — submitted lead, not yet verified by ICE List. Volunteers: this page is an unprocessed tip awaiting research.
Summary: On 2026-03-11 in South Burlington, Vermont, a submission was received reporting: Domestic terrorists attempt to abduct people near protest.
Full Description
Protesters surrounded confronted ice after trying to kidnap people
Additional corroborating submissions describing the same event:
- (vG7bo9D): Clowns in riot gear breaking into someone's house and hurting the protesters and civilians outside of it, arrested a few
- (5B65yXP): Protest dances at agents, good face captures
- (J9aYaG4): More footage of the clowns in riot gear
Force / Conduct Reported
- Force used (per submitter): Unspecified
- Description: Not sure
Incident Details (as submitted)
- Date: 2026-03-11
- Time: Unspecified
- Location: South Burlington, Vermont — Street
- Agencies named: Unspecified
- Anyone taken: Not sure
- Vehicles: Multiple
- Submitter is witness: No
Agents
No agents identified. To be completed by the Agent Team.
Evidence
- https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVwIxALkUtO/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
- https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVw8hyokbkm/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
- https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVwZQnkkYpe/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
- https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVwXkmukyqV/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Internal Notes
- This page was generated from a public submission and has not been verified. Apply the ICE List two-source standard before changing verification status.
- Submitter contact details have been withheld; they are held in the internal submissions log.
- Merged from 4 submissions describing the same event. Source submission IDs: 44WdeLk, vG7bo9D, 5B65yXP, J9aYaG4.
Needs review - Death of Ophelia Bauckholt
Ophelia Bauckholt (German national) was killed by CBP (Border Patrol) on 2025-01-20, in Coventry / near Newport, Vermont (I-91, ~20 mi from Canada border). Killed by Border Patrol return fire during a traffic stop in which passenger Teresa Youngblut opened fire on agents and Bauckholt was said to be reaching for a handgun; both linked to the "Zizians.".
Note: This was a return-fire / self-defense death — the deceased was reported to have fired on or attacked agents first. It is included for completeness as a death caused by agent gunfire, not as a contested killing.
What is known
- Person: Ophelia Bauckholt; German national (H-1B visa overstay).
- Date: 2025-01-20.
- Location: Coventry / near Newport, Vermont (I-91, ~20 mi from Canada border).
- Agency: CBP (Border Patrol).
- Reported cause: shot.
- Circumstance: Killed by Border Patrol return fire during a traffic stop in which passenger Teresa Youngblut opened fire on agents and Bauckholt was said to be reaching for a handgun; both linked to the "Zizians.".
- Official account: Agents returned fire in self-defense after being fired upon without warning; Border Patrol Agent David Maland was killed in the same exchange.
- Status: Federal investigation; surviving passenger Teresa Youngblut federally charged.
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See also
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Key locations in Vermont
- Burlington
- Montpelier
- St. Albans
- Brattleboro
- Northern border & dairy farm regions
Submit information
Related pages
State portal
Deaths in Vermont
Agents documented in Vermont
- Badger, Sara
- Higgins, Matthew
- ICE List:Unidentified agent - VT-0001
- ICE List:Unidentified agent - VT-0002
- ICE List:Unidentified agent - VT-0003
- Johnson, Ed
- LaRose, Hillary
- Larose, Hillary
- Malik Daley
- Robey, Deborah
- User:AdminBot/Categories
- Williard, David
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Pages in category "Incidents in Vermont"
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