US EditionColorado immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra released from detention, advocates say
Jeanette Vizguerra was freed on $5,000 bond after nearly nine months in detention; she will continue legal battles and advocate for detained immigrants, supporters said.
- On Monday, immigrant-rights activist Jeanette Vizguerra was released from the Aurora detention center after nine months, following Immigration Judge Brea Burgie setting a $5,000 bond paid by the Immigrant Freedom Fund.
- Her case began when she was arrested during a work shift at a Denver-area Target on March 17, stemming from a 2009 traffic stop that led to a reinstated removal order, according to supporters.
- ICE initially limited media access to the bail hearing, and supporters who held weekly vigils greeted her and planned a Tuesday rally outside the federal courthouse in downtown Denver.
- She will remain free while lawyers continue to challenge Immigration and Customs Enforcement , was released without monitoring devices, and must check in with ICE in January.
- Her case highlights systemic detention challenges, showing many immigration detainees without legal representation face prolonged detention or accept deportation earlier this year, reflecting contested Colorado enforcement practices.
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“Never Stop”: Freed After 9 Months in ICE Jail, Immigrant Activist Jeanette Vizguerra Keeps Fighting
Democracy Now! speaks with longtime immigrant rights activist Jeanette Vizguerra, who was just released Monday from ICE jail after nearly 10 months in a Colorado detention center. Vizguerra was ambushed by ICE agents during her work break in March. A judge ordered her detention was unconstitutional, and she was released on bond Monday. Vizguerra describes her time in detention and says she is “very emotional” and glad to be reunited with her chil
Immigration activist released from ICE facility in Aurora speaks to supporters
Just a day after being released from a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Aurora, immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra spoke to dozens of supporters in front of a courthouse in Denver on Tuesday.
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Freed from ICE facility, activist Jeanette Vizguerra urges detainees: ‘Don’t give up. Keep fighting.’
Immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra, a day after she was released from ICE detention, pledged to continue opposing President Donald Trump's mass-deportation efforts in comments Tuesday.
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