Ozgur Demirkan, a 30-year-old Turkish national and former Kirkwood Community College student, was detained by ICE agents at his Iowa City apartment on June 25, 2026. Demirkan had lived in Iowa since 2018 on a student visa and returned to the United States in 2022 during the Turkey-Ukraine conflict. According to community organizers, he fears forced military enlistment if deported to Turkey and aspires to continue studying medicine. The detention occurred following Congress's approval of a $70 billion funding increase for ICE and Border Patrol.