Austin Communities Rally Around Victim of ICE Shooting as He Faces Criminal Charges

Federal prosecutors in Texas charged a Venezuelan national and father living in Austin on Tuesday with assaulting, resisting, and impeding a federal officer, after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sideswiped his car and shot him in the back Sept. 20 without warning as he was turning around to park. Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez, 28, entered the U.S. in 2024 with a valid work…

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Originally reported by Truthout by Neha Madhira. Read the full story at the source.