Judge Blocks Venezuelan Migrant's Deportation Until Sept. 30 After ICE Shooting in Austin
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 22
Judge Blocks Venezuelan Migrant's Deportation Until Sept. 30 After ICE Shooting in Austin
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 22
Summary
A federal judge temporarily barred the deportation of 28-year-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez after his lawyer sued, ordering him kept in the U.S. for a Sept. 30 hearing.
Perez, a Venezuelan migrant with a final removal order, was shot by an ICE officer in Austin over the weekend and still has the bullet lodged in his body, his attorney said.
His lawyer says ICE agents chased and sideswiped Perez while he was delivering a DoorDash order before shooting him in the back of the neck; she argues his removal order stemmed from a hearing notice sent to an old address.
The case is drawing wider scrutiny: Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza and more than 100 Democratic lawmakers asked DHS and ICE to keep Perez in the country, release him for medical care and preserve evidence.
Questions around the shooting have intensified because the officer was a recent ICE recruit, though previously in law enforcement, and was not wearing a body camera despite an agencywide camera rollout due by month-end.