Denver mayor erupts after ICE arrests Jeanette Vizguerra: ‘Putin-style persecution’

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The mayor of Denver issued a harsh rebuke of President Donald Trump‘s administration following Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s arrest of Jeanette Vizguerra, a criminal illegal immigrant who is a prominent immigrant rights activist in Colorado.

Mayor Mike Johnston said the Trump administration’s decision to go after Vizguerra, who hid in a church to avoid arrest for years prior to Trump’s second term, was comparable to actions seen in Russia.

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