Winooski superintendent speaks out following hourslong interrogation at Texas airport
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‘Praying for it to end’: Vermont superintendent speaks out after ICE interrogation
“I told them I was an American citizen. I questioned why they were using those tactics on me. I asked about my constitutional rights. An officer outright said out loud that I have no constitutional rights at a point of entry,” says Wilmer Chavarria, a school superintendent for the Winooski school district in Vermont who was detained and interrogated by border agents.
The Superintendent of the Winooski School District, Wilmer Chavarría, was arrested and interrogated for more than four hours by federal agents at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston on July 22, 2025, after returning to Vermont, U.S.A., from Nicaragua. Despite being a U.S. citizen, having valid documents and being part of the Global Entry program, he was not provided with information about the reasons for his detention. The Superi…
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