It’s the second federal request for Vermont’s guard troops the Republican governor has rebuked in recent weeks.

So this is a different sort of story of immigration because they’re not people who came to America with a plan or even a dream,” an immigration attorney said.

The Bobolink Project pays owners of fields, often farmers, to conduct bird-friendly practices. The birds get time and habitat to nest while the landowners get some compensation for letting them do so.

An internal memo from a top official sent to all state employees last Friday addressed concerns raised by Gov. Phil Scott’s public comments on the issue the day before.