Time magazine reported one of its 2017 Time100 Listees, an illegal immigrant who crossed the United States on Christmas Eve 1997 and has been arrested by immigration and customs law enforcement.
“In 1997, Jeanette Vizguerra Read articles in time. “Twenty years later, she is one of the most influential people in the world.”
Vizguerra reportedly was arrested by ICE on Monday for her target of hiring in the Denver area.
Mexican immigration activist hiding in Colorado church for years to avoid deportation by ice arrest
Jeanette Vizguerra illegally took over the First Baptist Church in Denver in the United States and held her son San Diego on May 12, 2017 in Denver, Colorado. Vizguerra was arrested and detained by immigration authorities this week. (Getty Image)
She is known to stay in churches and ask for shelter, a policy of former President Biden administration that allows illegal immigrants to stay in churches or schools to avoid arrest. Trump administration revoked January 21, 2025.
In the report of the Times on Vizguerra’s arrest, it cites 2017 Time100 List Profile Vizguerra by America Ferrera.
“Jeanette moved to the United States to be a gatekeeper, an outspoken union organizer and built his own company before becoming an advocate for immigration reform, a bold and risky thing for undocumented immigration.”
“The current government has scapegoat immigration, which makes Americans think that undocumented people like Janet are criminals. She comes to this country instead of rape, murder or sell drugs, but creates a better life for her family… It’s not a crime… It’s an American dream. Donald TrumpThe first semester of term.
Immigrants deported from the United States are on the El Chaparral Pedestrian Border Bridge in Tijuana, Mexico late Tuesday, January 21, 2025. (Felix Marquez/AP)
In addition to illegally crossing the United States, Vizguerra also It is reportedly stopped by police in 2009 And were charged with driving without a permit, insurance or registered, but the charges were eventually dismissed.
2012, Vizguerra”Self-strike“Arriving in Mexico, before illegally re-entering the United States, and was arrested by the U.S. Border Patrol on April 22, 2013.
In a post on Wednesday X Denver Mayor Mike Johnston Vizguerra is known as “a mom of American citizens, targeted employee, nonprofit leader and immigration reform advocate with no history of violent crime.” He then blew up the Trump administration, saying: “Her detention has nothing to do with security. It’s Putin’s style of persecuting political dissidents.”
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Fox News Numbers The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Laura Lichter, Colorado, reportedly contacted the ICE, representing Vizguerra and Johnston, but did not receive an immediate response.
