Denver mayor erupts after ICE arrests Jeanette Vizguerra: ‘Putin-style persecution’
The mayor of Denver issued a harsh rebuke of President Donald Trump's administration following Immigration and Customs Enforcement's arrest of Jeanette Vizguerra, a criminal illegal immigrant who is a prominent immigrant rights activist in Colorado.
Mayor Mike Johnston said the Trump administration's decision to go after Vizguerra, who hid in a church to avoid arrest for years prior to Trump's second term, was comparable to actions seen in Russia.
"Jeanette Vizguerra is a mom of American citizens, a Target employee, a nonprofit leader and an immigration reform advocate with no violent criminal history," Johnston said in a statement posted to X. "Her detainment is not about safety. This is Putin-style persecution of political dissidents."
Local news outlets reported Tuesday morning that Vizguerra, a Mexican citizen, was arrested by ICE officers while walking into her place of work.
Following her arrest, she was transported and booked into ICE's Aurora Processing Center, an immigrant detention center outside Denver.
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