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ICE Arrest in Iowa City Grocery Store Upsets Community Members

Jorge Elieser Gonzalez Ochoa, a Colombian immigrant living in Iowa City, was forcibly taken by federal agents in plain clothes, sparking protests and demands for his immediate release by immigrant rights groups.

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Video shows Jorge Gonzalez's arrest in an Iowa City grocery store

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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 …

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Iowa City Press-Citizen broke the news in Iowa City, United States on Thursday, September 25, 2025.
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