A federal judge issued an order attempting to prevent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from deporting an illegal alien and anti-ICE activist who avoided being removed from the country for years by living in a church.
Jeanette Vizguerra, a 53-year-old Mexican national and anti-ICE activist, was arrested this week in Colorado after she had successfully avoided deportation for 15 years, hiding out in a church where she was shielded from arrest.
Now United States District Judge Nina Wang has issued an injunction intended to prevent ICE from deporting Vizguerra. Wang is asking the federal government to “show cause” and explain why she shouldn’t grant Vizguerra’s request to be released.
Vizguerra’s attorneys have filed a petition claiming that their client has not been presented with an order of removal from ICE, though the federal law enforcement agency says that a federal…
