US EditionImmigration Activist Jeanette Vizguerra Seeks Release After 9 Months in ICE Detention
The order mandates a bond hearing within a week, giving Vizguerra a chance to seek release after nine months of detention, amid concerns about potential targeting for protected speech.
- On Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge Nina Wang ordered immigration authorities to give Jeanette Vizguerra a bail hearing at Aurora immigration detention center by Christmas Eve.
- Arrested on March 17, Vizguerra was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement outside a Target and has been held about nine months, prompting her bond request after 180 days.
- Vizguerra's lawyers say authorities targeted her after she publicly criticized Trump policies, while U.S. District Court Judge Nina Wang noted serious due-process concerns over her speech claims.
- The court order forces the government to justify prolonged detention rather than 'warehousing' Vizguerra, and at the bond hearing officials must prove she is a flight risk or danger.
- A nationally known activist, Vizguerra once sought sanctuary in a Denver church and was named by TIME magazine in 2017; supporters hold weekly vigils, while family faces holidays without her.
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Before Christmas, an immigration judge must hear the case of Jeanette Vizguerra, arrested for nine months by ICE
Judge grants bail hearing for detained immigrant rights activist Jeanette Vizguerra
DENVER A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that immigration authorities must grant Jeanette Vizguerra, a prominent Colorado immigrant rights activist a bail hearing this month.According to one of her attorneys, Laura Lichter, Vizguerra's hearing is scheduled for Friday morning.Vizguerra has been held at the Aurora ICE Processing Center run by Geo Group Inc., in Aurora for the last nine months.Earlier this week, Vizguerra's legal team filed a new …
Federal Judge Rules in Favor of Human Rights Activist Jeanette Vizguerra
A federal judge has ruled in favor of human rights activist Jeanette Vizguerra, stating her detention by ICE is unconstitutional, and ordering an immediate bond hearing. Wednesday’s ruling came nine months to the day after ICE detained the well-known immigrant rights activist and mother of four in Colorado. Click here to see our interviews with Jeanette Vizguerra.
Denver (CO), Dec 17 (EFE).- A federal judge on Wednesday ordered that Mexican activist Jeanette Vizguerra, who was included in the 100 most influential Time magazine, receive an immediate bail hearing, concluding that her immigration detention, which has been prolonged for nine months, violates the U.S. Constitution. District Court judge Nina Y. Wang in Denver issued a 38-page ruling in which she determined that the detention of Vizguerra in the…
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