Overview
- A U.S. District Judge ordered a bond hearing last week, and an immigration judge on Sunday set a $5,000 bond after nine months of detention.
- Vizguerra was released from the GEO Group–run Aurora facility without electronic monitoring and says she will attend an ICE check-in in January.
- DHS and ICE highlighted her prior convictions and a 2013 final removal order, stating they will continue efforts to deport her.
- Vizguerra and her legal team say she was targeted for her activism and speech, a point she reiterated in remarks to supporters in Denver.
- ICE officials initially attempted to bar journalists from the bond hearing before allowing media access to the courtroom.