Undocumented man detained in ICE raid, misses court hearing on DUI charge
May 2026·Location: South Burlington, VT
Country of origin: Mexico

Deyvi Daniel Corona Sanchez, an undocumented Mexican man who had been deported to Mexico five years earlier following a criminal trespass charge in Texas, was detained by ICE agents on March 11, 2026, during an enforcement operation on Dorset Street in South Burlington, Vermont. When federal officers attempted to stop his vehicle as it left a home, Corona Sanchez rammed a federal agent's car before crashing in a wooded area and running into a nearby house. Hundreds of community members and protesters gathered at the scene in a hours-long standoff to block agents from entering the home. ICE agents forced their way through the crowd and took him into federal custody around 5:30 p.m. Corona Sanchez had been facing a pending driving-under-the-influence charge from January in Middlebury. He missed a May court hearing where he had been offered enrollment in a court diversion program that would have allowed the charge to be expunged. A federal judge previously found that the ICE arrests violated Constitutional rights, though deportation proceedings remain possible.
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Sources
- Special Report: How ICE operates in Vermont
vermontpublic.org·May 26, 2026·archived copy
- Man wanted by ICE misses state court appearance
vermontpublic.org·May 11, 2026·archived copy
- MyFaithNews.org
- Federal authorities share information about subject of ICE operation in Chittenden County
mynbc5.com·Mar 13, 2026·archived copy
- ICE now says man they sought in South Burlington raid was not in fleeing vehicle
vtdigger.org·Mar 24, 2026·archived copy
- Chaos Breaks Out at Scene of ICE Arrests in South Burlington | Seven Days
sevendaysvt.com·Mar 11, 2026·archived copy
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