Wilber Garcés Pérez Hospitalized With Partial Paralysis After ICE Shooting, Seeks Release Before Sept. 30 Hearing
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Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 22
Wilber Garcés Pérez Hospitalized With Partial Paralysis After ICE Shooting, Seeks Release Before Sept. 30 Hearing
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 22
Summary
Late Monday, Wilber Garcés Pérez was taken from ICE detention to a hospital after developing paralysis on the left side of his body, his lawyer said.
Attorney Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch linked the hospitalization to the weekend shooting by an immigration officer in Austin and asked a Texas federal court to order his immediate release.
U.S. District Judge Orlando L. Garcia set an in-person hearing for Sept. 30 and ordered that Garcés be present.
The lawsuit also seeks to block Garcés's potential deportation to Venezuela while the court weighs his detention after the shooting.