Overview
- Marina Ortiz, a Global Village Academy fifth-grade teacher, was detained with her family on Oct. 24 during a routine appointment at ICE’s Centennial office and moved to a Texas family facility.
- School officials say Ortiz holds a valid employment authorization document through spring 2029 and that required I-9 verification and a Colorado Bureau of Investigation background check were completed.
- ICE says Ortiz-Abollaneda is a Peruvian national who entered the U.S. near Yuma, Arizona, on Dec. 2, 2022, was paroled, and is now held pending immigration proceedings.
- Global Village Academy reports classroom disruptions and says it is working with internal counsel and outside immigration attorneys to try to secure the family’s return to Colorado.
- Community response includes protests at ICE offices and a GoFundMe that has raised several thousand dollars for the family’s legal and related needs.