this time? >> when you have a blanket deportation policy, you don't need to have specific reasons. you just say no, that's exactly what they did. >> reporter: the local i.c.e. office provided the following response, saying she has two misdemeanor convections. on november 18, 2011, a federal immigration judge originally issued her final orders of deportation to mexico. based on these factors, she is an i.c.e. enforcement priority. >> down, down with deportation. up, up with liberation. >> reporter: the news triggering a protest in d.c. meantime colorado congressman has filed a private bill in the house of representatives hoping to help plead her case. for now she's moved into this denver church basement, an informal sanctuary where immigration officials have not yet dared to go. she addressed supporters through a translator this afternoon.