{"id":444148,"date":"2026-09-22T15:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T15:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/444148\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T15:36:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T15:36:14","slug":"texas-detainee-says-ice-bullet-still-lodged-near-spine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/444148\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas detainee says ICE bullet still lodged near spine"},"content":{"rendered":"

What happened<\/p>\n

A Venezuelan DoorDash driver shot in the back of the neck<\/a> by an ICE officer in Austin over the weekend told reporters Monday that the bullet was still lodged near his spine and he hadn\u2019t \u201creceived the medical attention that I require\u201d while being held at a detention center in South Texas. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, speaking in Spanish by phone, said an unmarked ICE SUV had turned on its police lights only after sideswiping his car twice, and the agent shot him after he asked about pulling over somewhere safer.<\/p>\n

Who said what<\/p>\n

The Department of Homeland Security said Perez had \u201cillegally entered our country\u201d and \u201chad a final order of removal.\u201d ICE agents started chasing Perez after they found his deportation order while checking license plates and he \u201cwas not the target of a federal investigation before the encounter,\u201d The New York Times<\/a> said, citing two people familiar with the shooting. His immigration lawyer Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch said Perez had entered the U.S. legally in 2024 and had a valid work permit. The deportation order, which Perez had not known about before Sunday, was issued when he missed an immigration court hearing<\/a> after the notice was sent to an old address, Lincoln-Goldfinch said. \u201cNot that being out of status would justify any of this at all,\u201d she said on social media.<\/p>\n

What next? <\/p>\n

ICE last week<\/a> erased detainees with final removal orders from its online tracking database, an \u201cunannounced move that has made it far more difficult for lawyers and relatives to find them\u201d and challenge their deportation, The Associated Press<\/a> said yesterday. Perez\u2019s immigration lawyers Monday filed requests in federal court in San Antonio to compel his release and block his deportation on the grounds he was now a witness in a criminal investigation.<\/p>\n

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