{"id":155803,"date":"2026-02-08T07:09:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T07:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/155803\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T07:09:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T07:09:15","slug":"congressman-wants-investigation-of-ice-home-invasion-in-san-antonio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/155803\/","title":{"rendered":"Congressman wants investigation of ICE ‘home invasion’ in San Antonio"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ImmigrationImmigration agents search a San Antonio home in this photo shared online by the woman who said she owns the residence. Credit: Facebook \/ Maggie Guillen<\/p>\n

U.S. Rep.\u00a0Joaquin Castro is demanding an investigation following video of what appears to be armed immigration agents\u2019 chaotic search of a San Antonio residence, which the Democratic lawmaker described as a \u201chome invasion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clips of the incident went viral this week, prompting Castro, who represents the city\u2019s West Side, to call for a federal probe. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents carried out the search despite having no warrant, he added. <\/p>\n

\u201cIn San Antonio [on Thursday], U.S. citizens got roughed up \u2014 a U.S. citizen got roughed up \u2014\u00a0by ICE agents who barged into their home with no warrant,\u201d Castro said during a Friday afternoon call with reporters. \u201cAnd Gov. [Greg] Abbott, as far as I can tell, has not said a word about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Current reached out to the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but received no immediate comment. <\/p>\n

Video shared on social media shows residents of the home repeatedly asking the agents, who have their guns drawn, to put them away because a child is in the house. The agents also ignore requests to identify the suspect they\u2019re allegedly seeking, although one of the armed eventually yells, \u201cHe\u2019s a child molester, you know that?\u201d<\/p>\n

While agents in the clips wear what appear to be bullet-proof vests marked \u201cPolice,\u201d none of the vests show ICE or Border Patrol insignias. <\/p>\n

Another of the videos shows the agents scuffle with a man, then wrestle him to the ground. The segment doesn\u2019t show what led up to the altercation. <\/p>\n

\u2018We can\u2019t event sleep\u2019<\/p>\n

Maggie\u00a0Guillen, who shared the videos on social media, identified herself as the homeowner and said everyone present there is legally in the country. She accused agents of entering without a warrant and said they later acknowledged they had searched for the wrong person. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t even sleep in peace after what happened,\u201d Guillen said in a Facebook post. \u201cWe got home and my baby tells me he[\u2018]s scared about police with guns.\u201d<\/p>\n

Castro held his media call after touring an ICE detention center in Pearsall, roughly an hour southeast of San Antonio. <\/p>\n

Castro said he confirmed while at the prison that Abbott had ordered members of the Texas National Guard to serve administrative roles at the facility, called the South Texas ICE Processing Center.<\/p>\n

By filling those positions with state personnel, Abbott \u2014\u00a0a Republican and vocal Trump ally \u2014\u00a0had freed up more ICE personnel to carry out aggressive enforcement actions in places such as Minneapolis and San Antonio, according to the Congressman.<\/p>\n

\u201cGov. Abbott has a lot of explaining to do to the people of Texas about why he\u2019s enabling a corrupt and lawless ICE operation,\u201d Castro said. <\/p>\n

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