Socialist Groups Coordinated Austin Anti-ICE Protest Within 4 Hours of Venezuelan Shooting
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 22
Socialist Groups Coordinated Austin Anti-ICE Protest Within 4 Hours of Venezuelan Shooting
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 22
Summary
About four hours after ICE agents shot 28-year-old Venezuelan national Wilber Rafael Garces Perez during a traffic stop in Austin, socialist and communist groups were already promoting an anti-ICE demonstration at the scene.
Posts from the Party for Socialism and Liberation, Democratic Socialists of America and Freedom Road Socialist Organization pushed matching slogans, locations and graphics, framing the shooting as "ICE terror" and calling supporters into the streets.
The shooting happened around 12:56 p.m. Sunday near Anderson Square and Research Boulevard; Perez was hospitalized in serious but stable condition, later placed in federal custody, and the use of force is under federal investigation with FBI assistance.
By Monday, organizers were still amplifying the action online—one PSL post drew 10,600 likes—and shifted supporters toward the Pearsall Detention Center, where activists said Perez was being held.
The report argues the Austin protest was not purely spontaneous but part of a broader activist network tied to Singham-funded groups that lawmakers are already scrutinizing over anti-ICE protests in other U.S. cities.