Protesters call for the release of activist Jeanette Vizguerra six months after ICE detention
Jeanette Vizguerra's attorneys request a bond hearing after six months in ICE detention, citing her deteriorating health and claims of politically motivated targeting due to her activism.
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Vizguerra has been in ICE custody since March. She alleged that ICE deliberately detained her in retaliation, but ICE said she is under a deportation order.
Push to free Jeanette Vizguerra ramps up after 6 months in ICE detention
“I do have hope.” Immigrant activist Jeanette Vizguerra locked in Aurora ICE facility for more than six months
In the six months since beloved immigrant rights activist Jeanette Vizguerra-Ramirez was detained outside a Target, her family, friends and fellow reformers have protested weekly outside the ICE detention center in Aurora. “Every single Monday. Since March 17,” said Jennifer Piper, who has fought for human rights alongside Vizguerra for 22 years. “I can’t overstate the harm to her, to her children and to our communities that the administration…
Protesters call for the release of activist Jeanette Vizguerra six months after ICE detention
AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — Dozens of protestors gathered outside the Aurora Contract Detention Facility on Monday night, calling for the release of Jeanette Vizguerra, a well-known immigration rights advocate who has been held in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody for six months. Vizguerra gained national attention in 2017 after taking sanctuary in a Denver church to avoid deportation. Since then, she has remained a vocal critic of ICE…


Lawyers for Jeanette Vizguerra seek her release after 6 months in ICE detention
Jeanette Vizguerra speaks via a video call to supporters gathered outside the ICE detention center in Aurora on Sept. 29, 2025. Rebeca Zúniga holds the phone and Miriam Ordoñez translated Vizguerra's comments into English. (Photo by Sara Wilson/Colorado Newsline)Attorneys for Colorado immigrant-rights activist Jeanette Vizguerra argued in a new court filing Monday that her six-month detention is unconstitutional. They want a federal judge to gra…
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