Colorado immigration activist Vizguerra named Human Rights Award recipient

Immigration activistic Jeanette Vizguerra recipients of quality rights grant

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Colorado migration activistic Jeanette Vizguerra has been named among this year's recipients of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Awards. The different recipients see Maine Governor Janet Mills and erstwhile DOJ Pardon Attorney Elizabeth Oyer.

According to the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights website, "Working arsenic authorities representatives and grassroots activists, Mills, Oyer, and Vizguerra were selected for their motivation courageousness and willingness to enactment connected their convictions – adjacent astatine large idiosyncratic risk."

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Vizguerra is good known for her activism warring for migrant rights. She fled unit successful Mexico City and has lived successful the United States since 1997. She had sought refuge successful a Denver religion during President Donald Trump's archetypal term. She was detained connected March 17 and remains successful an migration detention installation successful Aurora. 

"Recently, portion detained successful a detention center, I received the quality that I had received this quality rights award. I convey RFK Human Rights for this honor," said Vizguerra successful a statement. "I enactment independently, utilizing my ain resources. With these resources, though limited, I judge I person made a quality successful the question for societal justice. The authorities wants to soundlessness my voice, but I volition proceed to sow rebellion until I reap freedom. This grant is not lone for maine but for each idiosyncratic who has been progressive successful my life—especially my children and my migrant community. I anticipation our voices are ne'er silenced."  

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They volition beryllium recognized during a nationalist ceremonial connected June 5.

According to the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights website, "The RFK Human Rights Award honors champions of societal justness who basal up to oppression successful the nonviolent pursuit of quality rights. Honorees person a currency prize and ongoing enactment for their enactment done RFK Human Rights campaigns and mobilization, strategical litigation, grooming and capacity-building, and more."

The erstwhile manager of the tract bureau of the Denver bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement believes Vizguerra should not beryllium allowed to stay successful the U.S. oregon adjacent use for citizenship.