On a Sunday afternoon in Austin, Texas, a 28-year-old Venezuelan man named Wilber Rafael Garces Perez was shot in the torso by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent during a foot pursuit, leaving him hospitalized in serious but stable condition. The incident arrives at a moment when the tension between federal immigration enforcement and local governance has grown acute, with Austin's mayor openly calling ICE 'rogue' and demanding an independent investigation. It is a story as old as contested authority itself — who holds power over a community's streets, and who is accountable when tha
ICE agent shoots man in Austin; mayor demands independent investigation
A 28-year-old man was shot and wounded in the torso, requiring hospitalization in serious but stable condition.