Undocumented workers are fearing, some literally for their life, as deportations loom at the hands of Trump fuelled ice agents that some are comparing to Nazi Germany’s Gestapo!

One undocumented worker, who has been in the US for over 20 years, is taking sanctuary in Denver, Colorado at the First Unitarian Society church. Jeanette Vizguerra spoke with Democracy Now and had some very strong and poignant words:

So, in 2012, when I came back to the United States from my mother’s funeral, I knew that my case depended only on the discretion of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, because my court process had already ended. And I came back to the U.S. I knew that I was going to need to organize more protection, not only for myself, but for other people in the community. And I began working with the American Friends Services Committee to create the Sanctuary Coalition. So, fortunately for me, I have not needed to enter refuge or sanctuary here at the church. The first person who benefited from that was Arturo Hernández García. And thanks to God that he was able to go home and is still here with his family

And what led me to take the decision this time in my case was the silence from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security about my stay application that I submitted on December 7. They kept saying over and over again that they were just reviewing my case, just reviewing my case. They wouldn’t give us any information. And then, last week, with the arrest and deportation of Guadalupe, as well as the detention of a young DREAMer named Daniel, who has DACA, I decided that it was not worth the risk to go and present myself at Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The other thing that I want to ask is—supposedly, I am a criminal because I drove without a license, because I had expired stickers on my car, because I had false documents to work and put food on the table for my children. But what should we call you, Mr. President Trump, when you have been evading taxes for years, when the way that you’ve been acting is not in keeping with good conscience?

You have to have sympathy for what she is facing after so long in the USA and have to wonder if there is a way to fast-track her and people like her after the long contribution she has made to the country.

What do you think?

Watch a press conference with her below and read more on Democracy Now.