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Six activists affiliated with the Southwest Missouri Immigration Alliance and the group the ReSisters Alliance were detained for trespassing at the Greene County Jail Wednesday.

The decision by Nixa's City Council came after over an hour of public input.

Since Carol Mayorga left her home in Kennett — a rural town in the state's Bootheel area — for her appointment with immigration officials in St. Louis earlier this spring, ICE officials have ping-ponged her throughout rural Missouri jails, including Greene County Jail in Springfield and Phelps County Jail in Rolla. She’s expected to be deported to Hong Kong.