Time Magazine reported that one of the 2017 Time100 Listees, an illegal immigrant who went to the United States on Christmas Eve in 1997, was arrested by Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE).
“In 1997, Janet Vizguera left Mexico City for Colorado, where she became a custody and an advocate for immigration reform.” Please read the time article. “Twenty years later, she was one of the most influential people in the world.”
On Monday, Vizguerra was reportedly arrested by ICE for a target employed in the Denver area.
Mexican immigrant activist hiding in Colorado churches for years to avoid being deported after being arrested by the ice
Janet Vizguera, who illegally was in the United States and took sanctuary at First Baptist Church in Denver, will be holding her son Santiago on May 12, 2017 in Denver, Colorado. Vizguerra was arrested and taken into custody by immigration authorities this week. (Getty Images)
She was known to remain in the church to advocate for shelter from ice enforcement, a policy from former President Biden's administration that allowed illegal immigrants to stay in churches and schools to avoid arrests. The Trump administration has been revoked January 21st, 2025.
It was quoted in Time's report on Vizguerra's arrest 2017 Time100 List Profile Vizguerra written by actress American Ferrera.
“Janet moves to the US and becomes a janitor, works as an outspoken union organizer, and builds his company before becoming an advocate for immigration reform, which is bold and dangerous for undocumented immigrants.”
“The current administration is scapegoating immigrants and scaring Americans to believe that undocumented people like Janet are criminals. She came to this country to create a better life for her family, rather than selling rape, murder, or drugs. This is not a crime. This is not an American dream.”
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Migrants deported from the US stand on the pedestrian border bridge in El Chaparal in Tijuana, Mexico on Tuesday, January 21, 2025. (Felix Marquez/AP)
In addition to illegally traveling to the US, Vizguera is He reportedly stopped by police in 2009. He was charged with driving without licence, insurance or registration, but these charges were ultimately dismissed.
2012, vizguerraIndependence“I was arrested by the US Border Patrol on April 22, 2013 before I illegally re-entered the United States into Mexico.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston called Vizguera “a mother of American citizens, target employees, nonprofits and immigration reform advocates without a violent criminal history.” He then blasted the Trump administration, saying, “Her detention is not security. This is a Putin-style persecution of political opposition.”
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Fox News Digital reached out to ICE of Laura Lichter, a US law firm in the Colorado area.
