In the case of Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, the Venezuelan immigrant who was shot in the back by an ICE agent in Austin September 20, the government has now charged him with assaulting a federal officer. He is still being denied the surgery he needs to remove a bullet from his body.
Legislation has been introduced called the Melt ICE Act which would dismantle ICE by ending the Department of Homeland Security’s authority to surveil and jail immigrants and redirect its funding to navigate a spiraling affordability crisis.