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May 15, 2017

Denver: Jeanette Vizguerra & Arturo Hernández García Win Deportation Stays
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In a major immigrant rights victory, Immigration and Customs Enforcement
officials have granted stays of deportation to two prominent
undocumented Denver residents: Jeanette Vizguerra and Arturo Hernández
García. Vizguerra sought sanctuary in the First Unitarian Society of
Denver church shortly after Trump took office. She is one of the
founders of the Metro Denver Sanctuary Coalition and was recently named
one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2017. This is
Jeanette Vizguerra, speaking on Friday morning after she left the church
for the first time in 86 days.

Jeanette Vizguerra: "It's a special day for me, because I will be able
to celebrate Mother's Day with my children and my grandchildren."

Arturo Hernández García spent nine months in the same sanctuary church
two years ago. He was recently arrested by ICE even though the Obama
administration had told him he was not considered a "priority for
removal."


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