Who is Jeanette Vizguerra, immigrant rights activist fighting deportation in Denver?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : ICE confirmed last month that Vizguerra was arrested and said she's been granted due process in her proceedings.
51% : The agency has not responded to emailed questions from CBS News Colorado and ICE responded to a public records request with pre-2025 data.
50% : "ICE should ensure Jeanette has legal counsel and immediately release her." The day after Vizguerra was arrested, a number of protesters gathered outside the Aurora ICE Processing Center, holding signs that read "FREE JEANETTE." "In a way, I would say I feel very angered and sad but very prepared as well," Vizguerra's daughter Luna Baez told CBS Colorado.
48% : "She shook my hand on that deal, but instead of showing up at (Denver International Airport), she hid in a church again," he said.
46% : "Jeanette Vizguerra-Ramirez, 53, was arrested without incident March 17 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
44% : This is about political theater and political retribution," he continued.
43% : Nonetheless, Trump administration officials have repeatedly said it was prioritizing the most violent and dangerous criminals in its search for undocumented immigrants, but included in the people who have been arrested, detained, deported, had visas revoked, or other action taken against them by DHS or ICE include legal residents, student activists, and asylum seekers. Vizguerra was arrested by ICE agents on March 17, sparking outrage and protests from her supporters across the Denver metro area.
41% : President Trump revoked that policy this year, just hours after his inauguration.
41% : After a federal immigration judge ordered her to leave the U.S. in 2011, she failed to do so and later self-deported to Mexico in 2012, according to ICE.
40% : " Despite the claims of ICE and other Trump administration officials, Vizguerra's attorney and other supporters in the community maintain she's being targeted for her speech, not her immigration status.
37% : "Jeanette was arrested without legal basis, the government repeatedly violated its own rules, and leadership openly celebrated her detention as political retribution.

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