Nearly 100 Escucha Mi Voz members gathered at the Iowa City City Council meeting on Tuesday, holding signs reading “ICE out of Iowa” and “Free Jorge now,” urging council members to pass its Due Process and Workplace Safety Resolution after being unanimously backed by the Iowa City Human Rights Commission on Oct. 28.
Escucha Mi Voz community organizer Alejandra Escobar said in a news release members of the organization want the council to pass a Fourth Amendment resolution requiring law enforcement to obtain judicial warrants for non-public access of private spaces, prohibiting staff consent to ICE entry, and designating safe worker areas. The call comes after the ICE arrest of Jorge Elieser González Ochoa on Sept. 25 at Bread Garden Market.
In an interview with The Daily Iowan, Escobar said ICE should not have the authority to “kidnap” someone in their workplace with no warrant, and that it is a violation of protections against unreasonable police action guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment…