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Immigrant residents urge Johnson County leaders to adopt workplace protections and limit ICE access
Summary
At the Oct. 20 joint entities meeting in Iowa City, immigrant residents and advocates described ICE arrests and urged county and city leaders to adopt workplace protections, require judicial warrants for nonpublic area entries, post notice policies, and expand services including permanent supportive housing.
At a joint Johnson County meeting in Iowa City on Oct. 20, immigrant residents and advocates delivered a series of public comments urging local leaders to adopt stronger workplace and facility protections against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) actions and to expand services for immigrant workers and families.
Eva Castro, speaking "representing my family" and the group Escucha Mi Vos, said a family member named Jorge "was arrested by ICE" and remains detained in Muscatine. "He had no identification on him, who had no warrant for arrest, and who had no reason to take him in a violent way," Castro said, adding the family member had been "accused of fraud without any…
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