In 1997, Jeanette Vizguerra left Mexico City for Colorado, where she became a janitor and immigration reform advocate. Twenty years later, she was one of the most influential people in the world. Now, the mother of four and National Domestic Workers Alliance member has been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the NDWA told TIME, amid President Donald Trump’s politicized deportation crackdown that has appeared to ramp up in recent days.

Jeanette Vizguerra, a Colorado advocate for immigrants who sheltered in a church for months in 2017, was detained by officials on Monday, local advocates said. The Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition demanded the immediate release of Vizguerra after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained her at her workplace. “Jeanette is a pilar of the community and has supported countless families,” the organization said in a statement. “ICE had no reason to detain her—this cruel and unnecessary action is causing irreparable harm to her family and community.” The group said it was...

As security guards at the Aurora U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility slid an iron gate to let buses and employees into a parking lot Tuesday, immigration attorneys filed motions to find relief for a high profile immigration activist detained inside. Jeanette Vizguerra, who faces a deportation order from the court, was apprehended by ICE agents as she took a break from her job at a Target store, according to her daughter Luna Baez. Vizguerra called Baez from the ICE processing center to let her know that she had...

A well-known immigration activist who hid in a Colorado church for years to avoid deportation has been arrested, a move Denver Mayor Mike Johnston called "Soviet-style persecution" of political dissidents. Jeanette Vizguerra, a mother, Target employee and immigration reform advocate, was taken into custody in Aurora on Monday. Vizguerra was the subject of a deportation order and had multiple stays preventing her removal, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said.