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   From: DF@tutanato.com   
      
   On 3/20/2025 6:27 AM, illegal-presence@usa.org wrote:   
   > DENVER (KDVR) — Immigrant activist Jeanette Vizguerra is pending removal   
   > from the United States, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs   
   > Enforcement Wednesday.   
   >   
   > On Monday, Vizguerra, 53, was taken into custody by ICE. She is a well-   
   > known figure in the community as an advocate for immigration rights. She   
   > came to the U.S. from Mexico in 1997 and has been fighting her deportation   
   > since 2009.   
   >   
   > She made national headlines in 2017 when she took sanctuary in a Denver   
   > church as she faced deportation.   
   >   
   > In a statement to FOX31, ICE said Vizguerra illegally entered the U.S. and   
   > has a final order of deportation.   
   >   
   > “Vizguerra is a convicted criminal alien from Mexico who has a final order   
   > of deportation issued by a federal immigration judge. She illegally   
   > entered the United States near El Paso, Texas, on Dec. 24, 1997, and has   
   > received legal due process in U.S. immigration court,” said ICE.   
   >   
   > The American Friends Services Committee, a nonprofit that supports   
   > immigrant rights, said Vizguerra’s legal team was filing a writ of habeas   
   > corpus with the district court to challenge “her unlawful detention by   
   > ICE.”   
   >   
   > Some immigration attorneys told FOX31’s Vicente Arenas that one of   
   > Vizguerra’s biggest challenges will be explaining why she allegedly re-   
   > entered the country illegally after self-deporting.   
   >   
   > “It’s very difficult. As soon as they come across the border without   
   > inspection what we would call illegal. What can or cannot be done for them   
   > goes down markedly,” Immigration attorney Matthew Barringer said.   
   >   
   > Professor Robert Preuhs, who chairs the Political Science Department at   
   > MSU Denver, told Arenas that ICE wants to be clear about its mission now   
   > and the arrests it is making.   
   >   
   > “In terms of this case and some other cases the idea is to present a case   
   > to the public that these are justified and when there is public sentiment   
   > that might question whether this is something we ought to be doing as a   
   > country, they are looking at a way to provide that counter-messaging,”   
   > Preuhs said.   
   >   
   > On Wednesday, ICE released a timeline of Vizguerra’s background while in   
   > the U.S. FOX31 is releasing the list in full and as written by ICE:   
   >   
   > On Feb 26, 2009, Arapahoe County Court, Centennial, Colo. Convicted   
   > Vizguerra of forged instrument possession.   
   > On Feb. 27, 2009, ICE took custody of Vizguerra from the Arapahoe County   
   > Sheriff’s Office pursuant to an immigration detainer.   
   > On March 11, 2009, Vizguerra was released from ICE custody after posting   
   > an immigration bond.   
   > On March 27, 2009, Arapahoe County Court convicted Vizguerra of failure to   
   > display proof of insurance and driving without a license and ordered her   
   > to pay fines.   
   > On Nov. 18, 2011, a federal immigration judge denied Vizguerra her   
   > application for relief from immigration proceedings but granted her a   
   > voluntary departure (considered an immigration benefit).   
   > She failed to depart the U.S. per the terms of the order.   
   > On Sept. 8, 2012, Vizguerra self-removed to Mexico.   
   > On April 22, 2013, U.S. Border Patrol arrested Vizguerra in Candelaria,   
   > Texas, after she illegally returned to the U.S., and referred her case for   
   > federal prosecution for illegal re-entry after removal (a felony).   
   > On May 1, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas,   
   > Pecos Division, convicted Vizguerra of illegal entry (a misdemeanor), and   
   > sentenced her to one year of unsupervised probation.   
   > On May 2, 2013, Vizguerra entered ICE custody in El Paso, Texas, where her   
   > prior removal order was reinstated.   
   > On June 7, 2013, ICE in El Paso released Vizguerra on an order of   
   > supervision.   
   > On July 2, 2014, ICE granted Vizguerra application for stay of deportation   
   > until Feb. 1, 2015.   
   > On Feb. 20, 2015, ICE in Denver granted Vizguerra application for stay of   
   > deportation until Aug. 19, 2015.   
   > On Feb. 15, 2017, ERO Denver denied another application for stay of   
   > deportation. Her counsel notified ICE that she would be taking sanctuary   
   > in the First Unitarian Society Church in Denver and would not be reporting   
   > to ICE as ordered.   
   > On March 7, 2019, ICE denied Vizguerra application for stay of removal.   
   > On May 9, 2019, USCIS denied Vizguerra Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status.   
   > On May 22, 2019, USCIS denied Vizguerra Application for Advance Permission   
   > to Enter as Nonimmigrant.   
   > On June 21, 2019, Vizguerra- filed a Notice of Appeal or Motion, Form I-   
   > 290B, for the May 22, 2019, denial of the Application for Advance   
   > Permission to Enter as Nonimmigrant.   
   > On November 4, 2019, USCIS denied the Notice of Appeal or Motion that was   
   > filed on June 21, 2019.   
   > On December 20, 2021, ERO Denver granted a Stay of Deportation or Removal   
   > for one year.   
   > On February 8, 2023, ERO Denver granted Vizguerra Application for Stay of   
   > Deportation or Removal for one year, expiring February 2024.   
   > On March 17, 2025, ERO Denver arrested Vizguerra and placed her into   
   > custody in the ICE Denver Contract Detention Facility.   
   > On March 18, 2025, Vizguerra filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus   
   > with the United States District Court, District of Colorado.   
   > Several Colorado lawmakers have spoken out against Vizguerra’s arrest,   
   > including U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper. He posted on social media and said,   
   > “There are serious concerns about ICE’s actions to detain Jeanette   
   > Vizguerra. Targeting a mother who has been an active part of our Colorado   
   > community for nearly three decades will not fix our broken immigration   
   > system or secure our border.”   
   >   
   > https://kdvr.com/news/local/ice-jeanette-vizguerra-pending-removal-from-   
   > us/   
   >   
   > Kick her thieving ass out.   
   >   
      
   Now her lawyers are saying ICE wants to deport her for being an   
   "activist".  No, they want to deport her for being an illegal alien. It   
   certainly didn't help her case for her to go on a crusade to aid and   
   abet all illegal aliens, claiming that it's somehow racist and evil for   
   a country to decide on its own terms who should be allowed entry into   
   our sovereign nation.   
      
   https://kdvr.com/news/local/vizguerra-lawyers-believe-she-was-ta   
   geted-over-activism/   
      
   This lawyer is appealing to emotion and tugging at the heart strings of   
   Americans, trying to convince us that any and all Mexicans should be   
      
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