ICE violently seizes an immigrant worker at Bread Garden Market in Iowa City

By Paul Brennan

“Shortly before 11 on Thursday morning, two men who eventually identified themselves as “federal agents” violently seized a worker at Bread Garden Market on the Ped Mall in Iowa City. Neither man was wearing a uniform or displaying a badge or identification as they tackled Jorge Elieser González Ochoa, forcing him to the floor. After handcuffing him while one agent held a sparking Taser, the two marched González to the store’s rear entrance, then placed him in an unmarked minivan and drove off. The whole time González was calling out in Spanish, asking for someone to help him.

González was preparing to apply for asylum, and at the time he was seized was in ICE’s Alternatives to Detention (ATD) program, in which immigrants remain free while their immigration cases are being resolved.

The seizure of González by the two agents in plainclothes was captured on video by bystanders, one of whom kept shouting for agents to identify themselves, and for someone to call the police.”

More info and video at littlevillagemag.com

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Here is a link to video and KCRG TV-9 report.

https://www.kcrg.com/2025/09/25/escucha-mi-voz-claims-ice-takes-one-its-members/

KCRG posted video on its YouTube channel. The video is muted due to profanity, according to KCRG.com