“Cruel and Unnecessary”
“Soviet-Style Political Persecution of Political Dissidents”
These grave accusations refer to the recent arrest of Jeanette Vizguerra, a prominent activist for illegal aliens who is a longtime illegal alien herself.
In Colorado, where she was detained, they’ve been protesting her arrest.
“This is not immigration enforcement. This is Soviet-style political persecution of political dissidents under the guise of immigration enforcement,” declared Denver Mayor Mike Johnston.
According to the American Friends Service Committee, “Jeanette Vizguerra has been a pillar of the community for decades, advocating for immigrant rights and supporting countless families. There was no reason for ICE to take her into custody – her detention is a cruel and unnecessary action that is causing irreparable harm to her family and community.”
CNN has called her “a symbol of resistance as she fought for immigrant rights during the first Trump administration,” and a New Republic report about her case is entitled, “ICE Detains Prominent Immigration Activist in Grim Sign for Future.”
CBS begins an article with this description: “A community is in distress, and emotions are running high over the recent ICE detainment of Jeanette Vizguerra, a well-known immigration activist…”
What’s going on? What does this tell us about the past, present, and future of immigration law enforcement?
The saga of Jeanette Vizguerra, of Mexico City, began in 1997 when she, her husband, and a daughter entered the U.S. illegally.
She’s been here ever since (with a seven-month interruption in 2012), evading detention and giving birth to three anchor babies who were awarded automatic birthright citizenship.
In 2009, Vizguerra got into trouble over driving without a license or insurance and having a fake Social Security number.
Deportation proceedings began which didn’t go anywhere for years.
In 2012, she spent seven months in Mexico, was detained during an illegal reentry, and then allowed to stay in the country.
The feeble attempts to deport Vizguerra continued until 2017, when Trump took office for the first time.
Vizguerra entered Denver’s First Unitarian Society church for “sanctuary,” where she remained for three years.
If an illegal alien resides in a church building, he or she can’t be detained or deported under sanctuary doctrine.
That scam was supported by ICE policy, which has changed under the Trump 2.0 administration.
But back in 2017, it made Jeanette Vizguerra a cause célèbre.
She was named by Time magazine to its 100 Most Influential People in the World list.
The Time piece about her, penned by actress/activist America Ferrera, declared, “The current Administration [Trump 1.0] has scapegoated immigrants, scaring Americans into believing that undocumented people like Jeanette are criminals.”
Jeanette Vizguerra was not just exploiting the system for herself. She was an activist fighting for other illegal aliens.
In a November 2024 interview , she said she’d been an activist for 26 years, which, by her own admission, would begin her activism in 1998, two years after her arrival.
Vizguerra organized the Metro Denver Sanctuary Coalition, a group of churches offering “sanctuary” to other illegal aliens.
She also had two other groups: Sanctuary for All and Abolish ICE Denver.
In 2012, Vizguerra returned to Mexico for seven months, illegally re-entered the U.S., was apprehended, then released on a stay of her deportation, and has been here ever since.
Finally, on March 16, the jig was up.
Vizguerra was arrested at a Denver-area Target store where she was employed as a cashier. (Shouldn’t that Target be in trouble for employing her?)
“Jeanette Vizguerra-Ramirez, 53, was arrested without incident March 17 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. She will remain in ICE custody pending removal from the United States,” according to ICE.
Jeanette Vizguerra’s long career as an activist illegal alien may be nearing an end, though she claims she’ll continue the fight from Mexico.
Think about how crazy things have been in recent years.
Illegal aliens openly flout the law and run campaigns against our immigration system – and they get away with it.
Hopefully, those days are over.
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