Turkish restaurant worker zip-tied and arrested by ICE at Jackson, Wyoming bus stop
Feride Bardakci, a 26-year-old Turkish national who worked three restaurant jobs in Jackson, Wyoming, was arrested by plainclothes ICE officers at a bus stop near a Target while traveling between shifts. Officers restrained her with zip ties and drove her away in an SUV, and she is now held in ICE custody, expected to be transferred to an ICE facility in Aurora, Colorado. Her employer, Teton Tiger General Manager Monica Rozzi, described her as 'a friend to all of us' and 'a wonderful person,' and a search of Wyoming and federal courts found no criminal record. DHS said Bardakci entered the U.S. legally near Atlanta in June 2023 with authorization to stay until April 2024 but remained after her visa expired. The arrest was witnessed by a bystander who called an immigrant advocacy hotline, and local officials, including the Teton County Sheriff and Jackson's mayor, criticized ICE for conducting the operation without notifying local law enforcement.















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