Immigration target seeks refuge in Bloomington office, prompting hours-long standoff with ICE

A man who fled federal immigration agents and took refuge in a Bloomington office building, where the agents were refused entry, was ultimately arrested Tuesday following an hours-long standoff.

The man was stopped by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents near the Walmart in Bloomington while driving to work, said his girlfriend, Michelle Zarazua. He then fled on foot and ran into the Wilderness Inquiry building, a nearby outdoors travel company, shortly before 9 a.m., the company’s employees told Sahan Journal.

“He called me and he told me that he was in this building because he was scared and he didn’t know what to do,” Zarazua said. “So I came from my job and tried to help.”…

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