Attorneys for Jeanette Vizguerra say she was detained in retaliation, agents told her, 'We finally got you'

A lawyer for a well-known immigration activist who was arrested a few weeks ago told a U.S. federal judge on Friday that authorities seem to be taking reprisal measures against Jeanette Vizguerra years after she took refuge in Denver churches to avoid being deported during President Donald Trump's first term.

Vizguerra lawyers believe she was targeted over activism

DENVER (KDVR) — Family members of detained immigration rights activist Jeanette Vizguerra held a rally in her honor as she remains in detention Friday night. Before that, a federal hearing was held in downtown Denver. Cameras are not allowed in federal court, and Jeanette Vizguerra did not appear before the judge on Friday, but her team was in court making procedural arguments on her behalf. Upon entering court Friday, we learned the hearing had…

ICE Is Kidnapping Immigrant and Labor Rights Activists

By Natalia Marques – Mar 26, 2025 Jeanette Vizguerra and Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez are the latest to be swept up in Trump’s ongoing crackdown against migrants involved in political activism Rallies have been held following the sudden ICE abductions of immigrant activists Jeanette Vizguerra in Colorado and Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez in Washington State. Longtime immigrant rights activist Jeannette Vizguerra was detained by immigration authorities while wo…

Lawyer for immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra suspects ICE is retaliating against her

A lawyer for a prominent immigration activist arrested this month says authorities appear to be retaliating against her years after she took refuge in Colorado churches to avoid deportation during the first Trump administration. The comments came Friday during a…

By Andi Babineau, CNN A federal hearing for Jeanette Vizguerra, an immigration activist and undocumented mother, was postponed on Friday while her lawyers are working to amend her request for release from ICE custody. Vizguerra, 53, was arrested on March 17 out of work at a Target store in Colorado. She has been detained at the Immigration and Customs Detention Center in Aurora since last Monday. In a restricted paper filed on Thursday, Vizguerr…

ICE violated Jeanette Vizguerra’s First Amendment rights by detaining her, attorneys argue

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement violated Jeanette Vizguerra's First Amendment rights by detaining -- and planning to deport -- the Colorado immigration advocate, her attorneys argued in federal court in Denver on Friday.