Group Says West Liberty Man Wrongfully Detained by ICE at Yearly Immigration Meeting

ICE in Iowa: West Liberty man with no criminal record detained

It’s happening in Iowa. Pascual Leonardo Pedro-Pedro, 20, of West Liberty, went to a routine annual immigration check-in on July 1—abiding by what the government is asking him to do as an immigrant—and was detained by ICE. Pedro-Pedro was brought to the US as a 7-year-old by his father from Guatemala. He has no criminal record. Family and friends say he’s a graduate of West Liberty High School and a standout athlete who helped lead his soccer te…

Group says West Liberty man wrongfully detained by ICE at yearly immigration meeting

A group protested Tuesday outside the Muscatine County Jail after a Guatemalan immigrant was reportedly detained by ICE when he went for his immigration check-in.

The family of a West Liberty man said their son was wrongfully detained by ICE agents.

Utah man wrongfully detained by ICE for nearly 50 days, attorney says

A Utah man was wrongfully detained in Texas, according to his lawyer, who says his criminal record doesn't meet the legal threshold for deportation or even detention.

Theft suspect becomes latest ICE transfer

A Cuban-born immigrant on a temporary work visa, detained under suspicion of credit-card fraud and theft of property, has become Franklin County’s most recent transfer into Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody.

West Liberty residents rally around 20-year-old taken into ICE custody

Lang 7/1/25 West Liberty residents are rallying around a 20-year-old who was taken into the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Father Guillermo Treviño Jr. posted to his Facebook account on Tuesday that his godson, 20-year-old Pascual Pedro-Pedro of West Liberty, made his annual ICE check-in in Cedar Rapids when federal agents took him into custody. Treviño claims in the post that many ICE cases are being denied, and once they …