The Iowa City man arrested by plainclothes U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials was under investigation for fraud before he was detained, an ICE spokesperson said in a statement.
Jorge Gonzalez, 27, was arrested by three plainclothes ICE officers in Iowa City's Bread Garden Market on Thursday, Sept. 25. He is currently being held in the Linn County Jail, according to the ICE Detainee Lookup website .
A nearly three-minute video depicting the arrest shows Gonzalez, a Bread Garden Market employee, being pulled from an exit, wrestled to the ground and handcuffed in the middle of the store by three plainclothes individuals.
In the video, Gonzalez appears tense as he resists the officers' attempts to handcuff him. Bystanders, including the person taking the video, repeatedl