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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Colleen Slevin

Federal judge to consider releasing immigration activist who took refuge in churches

Immigration Vizguerra - (Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A federal judge in Denver is set to hear arguments Friday over whether an immigration and labor activist who took refuge in Colorado churches to avoid deportation during the first Trump administration should be freed from detention.

Jeanette Vizguerra was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on March 17 and is being held at its immigration detention facility in suburban Denver.

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