On a Sunday morning in Austin, a young Venezuelan man delivering food for a living found himself at the center of a contested encounter with federal immigration agents that ended with a gunshot wound and a detention order. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was shot by ICE officers during an arrest attempt whose precise sequence of events remains in dispute — a collision of competing accounts that mirrors the broader national friction between immigration enforcement, due process, and the limits of sanctuary policy. The case asks an old question in a new register: what obligations does the state o
Bodycam footage released after ICE officer shoots Venezuelan migrant in Austin
Wilber Rafael Garces Perez sustained at least one gunshot wound to his shoulder during the ICE arrest attempt and was subsequently detained at an ICE facility.
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