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Hundreds in CO Plan Rally to ‘Close the Concentration Camps’
July 12, 2019Aurora, CO – As part of an international call to action by multiple coalitions of social justice and human rights groups, a vigil and march is planned for Friday, June 12, outside the GEO Group’s ICE Detention facility in Aurora. Watch our live coverage below:…... -
Jeanette Vizguerra’s U-Visa Denied While in Sanctuary Second Time
June 27, 2019Denver, CO – Immigrant rights leader and undocumented mother and grandmother, Jeanette Vizguerra, has been living at the First Unitarian Society for three months, which is the second time she has claimed sanctuary from deportation. On June 20, 2019, she held a press conference at…... -
Ingrid Encalada Latorre Returns to Sanctuary; Four Claim Sanctuary in CO
October 27, 2017Colorado – On Tuesday afternoon, October 17, 2017, Ingrid Encalada Latorre refused a court order to board a plane with her two children and be deported back to Peru; she instead returned to sanctuary. Encalada Latorre was originally in sanctuary for six months from December…... -
Ingrid Encalada Latorre Leaves Sanctuary After Six Months; Granted Temporary Stay
May 27, 2017Denver, CO – On May 20, 2017, Ingrid Encalada Latorre left sanctuary at Mountain View Friends Meeting and returned home to her children, nine-year-old Bryant and two-year-old Anibel, who are both U.S. citizens. She was granted a temporary stay of removal until August 7, 2017.…... -
Indonesian Undocumented Immigrant Detained at ICE Check-In
May 24, 2017UPDATE (5/24/17 6:55 PM MDT): Haris Simangunsong has been deported back to Indonesia; a country where he has not lived in for over 20 years and where he faces religious persecution. This breaking news was confirmed by American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and Coloradans For…... -
Jeanette Vizguerra, Among Others, Celebrate Victories Against ICE Deportation Attempts
May 17, 2017Denver, CO – On the morning of Friday, May 12, 2017, Jeanette Vizguerra left church grounds for the first time in nearly three months. She had been living in sanctuary since February 15, 2017, at First Unitarian Society of Denver and at First Baptist Church,…... -
Sanctuary Movement Leader, Arturo Hernandez Garcia, Detained by ICE While at Work
April 30, 2017Denver, CO – In October 2014, Arturo Hernandez Garcia was the first person in Colorado to enter into sanctuary from deportation. He spent nine months on the grounds of the First Unitarian Society of Denver, where Jeanette Vizguerra is currently in sanctuary, until he was…... -
Jeanette Vizguerra Named One of Time’s 100 Most Influential People as She Remains in Sanctuary
April 22, 2017Denver, CO – More than two months have passed since Jeanette Vizguerra, an undocumented mother and immigrant rights activist, entered into sanctuary at the First Unitarian Society in Denver. Jeanette Vizguerra: Life in Sanctuary from Unicorn Riot on Vimeo. On Wednesday, February 15, 2017, Vizguerra…... -
Crisis: Borderlands
March 14, 2017In late February, Unicorn Riot dispatched a small media team intent on learning more about the ongoing border crisis to the desert borderlands of Arizona in the southwest United States. While there, we learned how the new Trump regime’s policies were impacting the local community. …... -
Love Knows No BAN No Walls Vigil at GEO ICE Detention Center
February 8, 2017Aurora, CO – The local immigrant community and their supporters held a vigil on Monday, February 6th, 2017 at the GEO Group’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Detention Center in Aurora, Colorado and Unicorn Riot was live for the event. American Friends Service Committee (AFSC),…...
