Protesters gathered outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Aurora yesterday after learning that immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra was reportedly taken into custody.
Vizguerra illegally immigrated to the United States from Mexico City in 1997. She was first targeted for deportation in 2009 after being pulled over in Arapahoe County. During the first Trump administration, Vizguerra hid inside a church for three years to avoid being deported.
During her time in the U.S., she became an activist for immigration rights and was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2017.
A local immigration rights group claims that there are no legal grounds for her detainment. On X, Sen. Michael Bennet said ICE should “immediately release her.”
