Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Public today released No Exit, a major video investigation reconstructing a botched March ICE raid in South Burlington that led to violent clashes between federal immigration agents and local activists. The newsroom's review of more than 130 hours of body camera footage shows local police confronted both ICE and protesters as officers resisted — but ultimately accepted — a role in March’s immigration raid.
WHAT: A team of eight Vermont Public reporters, producers and editors reviewed more than 130 hours of police body camera footage from the scene. The team, including three journalists who covered the clashes on the ground, reviewed every minute of the body camera footage, organized it chronologically and worked collaboratively to identify what the record showed. The team later incorporated an additional 10 hours of footage released by Burlington police and worked closely with video producers to verify, refine and contextualize the final account to produce a fuller account of what happened that day than has previously been reported.
WHEN: The documentary is available beginning Wednesday, July 15, 2026.
WHERE: Watch the full documentary and read the key takeaways at vermontpublic.org or on YouTube.
WHY IT MATTERS: The March raid marked a pivotal moment for Vermont, as the national conflict over immigration enforcement arrived violently in a local community and local police deployed, in part, to protect residents from another law enforcement agency.
Vermont Public and other news outlets previously reported on the clashes using only a small portion of the available footage. With the debate over ICE’s conduct continuing to intensify, Vermont Public determined that the story demanded a more complete and methodical examination.
While No Exit does not claim to be the final word on what happened that day, it provides a carefully reported reconstruction of a consequential day in Vermont’s history, grounded in the fullest public video record available.
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