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Over 350 residents rallied to demand Jorge González Ochoa’s release and an end to ICE raids, citing excessive force used during his workplace arrest.
- ICE agents arrested Jorge Elieser Gonzalez Ochoa at Bread Garden Market in downtown Iowa City on September 25, 2025, during the lunch rush.
- Gonzalez was in ICE's Alternatives to Detention program wearing an ankle monitor and preparing to apply for asylum when agents seized him without announcing a warrant.
- Two plainclothes agents tackled, handcuffed, and forced Gonzalez to the ground before placing him in an unmarked van while bystanders recorded the incident and called for identification.
- Laura Castro expressed confusion over the reasons behind the incident, while Escucha Mi Voz strongly denounced the aggressive actions as an attack on Jorge and the wider community, calling for his prompt release.
- The arrest prompted a rally of over 350 residents urging legislators to act against ICE's violent tactics and led to scheduled protective accompaniment trainings and protests in Iowa.
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Activists reject the way ICE executes detentions without showing identification and using force
By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN The immigrant advocacy group Escucha Mi Voz protested the arrest Thursday of one of its members, Colombian migrant Jorge Elieser González Ochoa, in Iowa City, alleging that plainclothes Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents detained him at a supermarket without identifying themselves. The group says the incident happened around 11:00 a.m. Thursday at Bread Garden Market and Bakery, where it said González Ochoa …
Escucha Mi Voz holds rally condemning Iowa City ICE arrest - The Daily Iowan
Cries of “Bring Jorge home, bring them all home” from more than 300 of Iowa City residents, government officials, and community advocates, shook the Iowa City Pedestrian Mall on Friday during a rally led by Escucha Mi Voz, an immigrant workers’ rights organization in Iowa City, following the arrest of Jorge Elieser González Ochoa Thursday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. This response came just over 24 hours after ICE officers in plain cl…
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