U.S. Rep. Greg Casar and members of his staff leave the South Texas ICE Processing Center where he visited with Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a Venezuelan man shot by an ICE officer, in Pearsall, Texas, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026.
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A Democratic congressman says a Venezuelan man shot by a federal immigration officer in Texas has been told by a specialist he needs surgery to remove a bullet near his spine. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez was taken to an ICE detention center hours after he was shot Sunday. U.S. Rep. Greg Casar says the 28-year-old is in constant pain with a bloody wound. He was shot while making a DoorDash delivery in Austin. ICE has not explained the shooting, only saying the incident was a "targeted vehicle stop." It follows a summer of increased ICE enforcement in Austin, with over 1,000 arrests, mostly of immigrants without criminal records.
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