A Colorado immigration activist who previously took sanctuary in Denver churches to avoid deportation has been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to the American Friends Service Committee.
Jeanette Vizguerra was detained by ICE agents Monday without a valid deportation order and placed at the agency’s detention facility in Aurora, which is run by private contractor GEO Group, according to a news release from the committee.
The social justice group said in the news release that Vizguerra’s attorneys “have raised serious legal errors and concern her due process rights are being violated.”
A group of about 20 people gathered outside the ICE facility to protest Vizguerra’s detainment, holding up yellow signs that read “Free Jeanette.”
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