Attorneys for Jeanette Vizguerra say she was detained in retaliation, agents told her, ‘We finally got you’

DENVER — Prominent Colorado immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra is alleging that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents deliberately targeted her in a retaliatory detention, claiming violations of her First Amendment rights.

According to her legal team, Vizguerra was ambushed on March 17 outside the Target store where she works, with agents allegedly saying, “We finally got you” as they shackled her around the waist.

They also point to a tweet from the ICE Denver Twitter account — which typically highlights arrests of people accused of violent or drug-related crimes — that featured Vizguerra’s arrest, calling it further evidence she was singled out for her activism…

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