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Woman held six weeks after ICE arrest at Denver airport over unclear deportation order

August 18, 2026 · Denver, CO

Woman held six weeks after ICE arrest at Denver airport over unclear deportation order

Immigration lawyer Jodi Ziesemer said one of her clients, arrested by ICE at Denver International Airport, was detained without officers being able to initially explain the reason for the arrest. Agents later told Ziesemer they believed the woman might have had a 2002 deportation order but could not locate any paperwork because it was not a digital file. The client spent six weeks in a detention center before a federal judge ordered her release; Ziesemer represents four immigrants arrested by ICE at the Denver airport in separate cases.

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