AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — Dozens of protestors gathered outside the Aurora Contract Detention Facility on Monday night, calling for the release of Jeanette Vizguerra, a well-known immigration rights advocate who has been held in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody for six months.

Vizguerra gained national attention in 2017 after taking sanctuary in a Denver church to avoid deportation. Since then, she has remained a vocal critic of ICE.

Supporters at the rally claim her ongoing detention is politically motivated.

“She is in there because through her fight and sanctuary, she showed us that we can stand up against the billion-dollar industry that profits by kidnapping our community on the way to work,” said Miriam Ordoñez with the American Friends Service Committee.

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