US EditionParker teacher detained by ICE during immigration appointment, school says
Marina Ortiz and her family were detained during a routine ICE appointment despite valid work authorization, with efforts underway to secure their return from a Texas detention center.
- On Friday, Marina Ortiz, a fifth-grade teacher at Global Village Academy-Douglas County, was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement during a routine Centennial appointment and sent with her family to a Texas detention facility.
- Ortiz's employer completed I-9 verification and a Colorado Bureau of Investigation background check, and Ortiz holds valid employment authorization through spring 2029, Michael Henderson said.
- Outside a Durango field office, videos show protesters blowing whistles and projecting slogans while social media posts say family members were arrested on their way to school and a masked agent grabbed a phone, advocacy groups including Compañeros Four Corners Immigrant Resource Center reported.
- The school is working closely with its legal team and outside immigration attorneys to facilitate the family's return to Colorado, Douglas County leaders sought an emergency school board meeting, and a GoFundMe fundraiser raised more than $7,100.
- With visa policy in flux, Global Village Academy Collaborative recently joined a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's $100,000 H-1B fee and relies on visas to recruit world language teachers.
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Douglas County teacher, family detained by ICE had legal work authorization, school says
DENVER (KDVR) — A charter school in Parker said one of its teachers and her family were detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement over the weekend. Global Village Academy Douglas County, located on Ponderosa Drive in Parker, shared a statement from its principal, Stacy Bush, on Tuesday. New ICE detention facility to open by end of 2025 at closed state prison in Hudson "We are aware of the situation involving one of our teachers …
Fifth-grade Douglas County teacher detained by ICE and sent to Texas
A Douglas County teacher and her family were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Friday and transferred to a detention facility in Texas, despite the teacher having legal authorization to work in the U.S., according to school officials.
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Douglas County teacher arrested by ICE had legal authorization to work, school says
Immigration authorities detained a Parker teacher and her family during a routine check-in late last week despite the educator having legal authorization to live and work in the United States, according to school officials. Marina Ortiz, who teaches fifth grade at Global Village Academy, was arrested Friday during an appointment at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Centennial, the charter school’s principal wrote in a le…
COLORADO, (KTLO)--We continue with more information to talk about President Donald Trump since his immigration plan is allegedly to detain and deport criminals who live in the country illegally. Therefore, many people have questions about why he arrested a 5th grade teacher and her family who lived in Parker. They will all be transported to the detention center in Texas. According to our colleagues at Channel 9, they mention that she is a teache…
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