Federal immigration officer shoots, injures man in Austin, report says<\/a><\/p>\nCasar also accused the agency of dishonesty in past shootings, saying, \u201cOver and over, ICE has shot people and then lied about what happened. We can see the lies with our own eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said he expects community members to respond peacefully, adding, \u201cJust like Americans have from Minneapolis to Houston, Austinites will speak out peacefully against this deadly mass deportation machine.\u201d<\/p>\n
Casar ended his statement by criticizing ICE\u2019s actions nationally: \u201cICE has been terrorizing our country for far too long. We will not be silent.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rep. Joaquin Castro also addressed the incident, calling for the immediate release of body camera footage.<\/p>\n
James Talarico has also made a statement regarding the shooting, saying that he and his campaign are following the incident closely.<\/p>\n
I am closely following reports of a shooting involving federal immigration officials in Austin,” said Talarico in a satement. “Previous incidents have shown that this agency cannot be trusted to report all the facts. We need a full, independent investigation that includes the release of any and all available footage. As we seek further information, my prayers are with those impacted and with the Austin community.<\/p>\n
The Bexar County Democrats also released a statement in the aftermath of the shooting, condemning the shooting and demanding accountability.<\/p>\n
Enough is enough,” said Texas House Democratic Campaign Committee Chair Christina Morales. “ICE has repeatedly been overly aggressive and violent, due to a lack of training and accountability. There must be a full investigation into ICE’s lawlessness. We demand answers.<\/p>\n
This is a developing story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN – The report of an ICE shooting in Austin drew a sharp response Sunday from U.S. Rep.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442444,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-442443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}