US EditionColorado immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra can be released on bond, advocates say
An immigration judge ruled DHS/ICE failed to justify continued detention; Vizguerra, mother of four, will be released on $5,000 bond with no electronic monitoring, advocates said.
- Jeanette Vizguerra, a prominent Colorado immigration activist, can be released on $5,000 bond after spending nine months in detention, according to her supporters.
- Vizguerra, who came to Colorado from Mexico City in 1997, has been fighting deportation since 2009 when she was found with a fraudulent Social Security card.
- An activist who gained national attention for seeking sanctuary in churches during Trump's first term, Vizguerra won a humanitarian award earlier this year while in detention.
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ICE releases immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra from Colorado detention center
Nine months after she first entered an Aurora detention center, Jeanette Vizguerra walked out of the facility and “into the loving arms of her family” Monday afternoon, her supporters said. Jeanette Vizguerra, a Mexican immigrant who had lived in a church to avoid immigration authorities for the previous three months, speaks after leaving the church early Friday, May 12, 2017, in downtown Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File) Vizguerra’s fam…
A prominent immigration and labor activist from Colorado was released on Monday after spending nine months in immigration detention, his supporters said. Jeanette Vizguerra left an immigration detention center in a Denver suburb a day after a judge ruled that she could pay a $5,000 bail, according to the American Friends Service Committee, which has been working with Vizguerra lawyers and her family. The group published photographs of Vizguerra,…
'They will not silence me': Prominent activist released from ICE detention after 9 months
Immigrant rights activist Jeanette Vizguerra-Ramirez was released from an ICE detention facility in Colorado on Monday after nine months in custody.Vizguerra-Ramirez was detained at the GEO Immigration Detention Center, and a judge ordered her release on a $5,000 bond after finding the Department of Homeland Security failed to justify her continued detention. The facility has been criticized for its lack of adequate health care and poor nutritio…
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Independent EspañolBy COLLEEN SLEVIN DENVER (AP) — A judge has ruled that a prominent labor and immigration activist from Colorado can bail and be released after nine months in detention, his defenders reported. The judge issued a written ruling on Sunday allowing Jeanette Vizguerra to pay a $5,000 bail, said Jennifer Piper of the American Friends Service Committee, who has been working with Vizguerra’s lawyers and family. Vizguerra’s family and a non-profit group…
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Colorado immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra can be released on bond, advocates say
Supporters of a prominent Colorado immigration and labor activist say an immigration judge has ruled that she can post bond and be released after spending nine months in detention.
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Judge orders release on bond for detained Colorado immigrant rights activist
A sign in support of Jeanette Vizguerra, a nationally known immigration rights activist who lives in Denver and has been in ICE custody since March 17, sits on a table at the Hands Off! protest in April 5. (Lindsey Toomer/Colorado Newsline)A judge ordered that federal officials must release Colorado immigrant rights activist Jeanette Vizguerra on bond, according to her legal team. The order Sunday from Immigration Judge Brea Burgie came after a …
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