U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement violated Jeanette Vizguerra’s First Amendment rights by detaining — and planning to deport — the Colorado immigration advocate, her attorneys argued in federal court in Denver on Friday.

Vizguerra's attorneys said immigration agents detained her in violation of her First Amendment right to free speech.

Vizguerra’s case received its first hearing Friday in Denver federal court, where her attorneys are attempting to spare her from deportation