The article features an interview with journalist Maria Hinojosa, who gained access to an ICE detention center in Colorado to speak with Jeanette Vizguerra, a prominent immigrant rights advocate. Arrested after years of fighting deportation, Vizguerra asserts her detention stems from her activism rather than her immigration status. Her journey includes multiple stays of removal and sanctuary experiences, reflecting a broader narrative of undocumented individuals resisting the Trump administration's aggressive deportation measures. Vizguerra identifies herself as a political prisoner, highlighting the intersection of immigration enforcement and activism.
"I am a political prisoner," Vizguerra told Hinojosa. She believes that she is not being held in immigrant detention because of her immigration status, but rather because of her words and activism.
In 2009, Jeanette Vizguerra successfully fought deportation following a routine traffic stop. Then, in 2017, she was targeted for deportation and took sanctuary in the Unitarian church in Denver.
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