Protesters gather to block the site under Highway 183 where city officials said that a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot a person earlier in the day in Austin, Texas, US, September 20, 2026. REUTERS/Nuri Vallbona
(Austin, Texas) – Anti-ICE protests have popped up across Austin, Texas after a man was shot and badly injured by an ICE agent.
An ICE officer shot a Venezuelan man over the weekend, the man- 28-year-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez is in serious, but stable condition. An immigration lawyer says Perez was an asylum seeker in the United States.
Bystanders standing near a column that says, “Muerte a la Migra” which means “Death to ICE,” watch protesters (not pictured) at the site where city officials said that a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot a person earlier in the day in Austin, Texas, US, September 20, 2026. REUTERS/Nuri Vallbona
The shooting occurs as Perez was conducting a DoorDash deliver.