AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Venezuelan illegal immigrant faces federal assault charge after ICE shooting in Austin
A Venezuelan illegal immigrant with a deportation order faces assault charges after ICE shot him in Austin, and local leaders blasted federal officers. Wilber Rafael Garces-Perez, 28, went before a U.S. magistrate judge in Austin and was formally notified he faces one federal count of assaulting a federal officer after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement […] The post Venezuelan illegal immigrant faces federal assault charge after ICE shooting in Austin appeared first on American Almanac .
A Venezuelan illegal immigrant with a deportation order faces assault charges after ICE shot him in Austin, and local leaders blasted federal officers. Wilber Rafael Garces-Perez, 28, went before a U.S. magistrate judge in Austin and was formally notified he faces one federal count of assaulting a federal officer after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement stop on Sept. 20 ended in a pursuit and gunfire. Court documents say ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations officers targeted the stop because an immigration judge had already issued a final order of removal against him. Breitbart News reported the charging details as the case moved into federal court in the Western District of Texas. That sequence, a lawful removal order, a traffic…Open