Roy repeats DHS's description of the man and says the war is against Americans
Chip RoyU.S. Representative from Texas (R), in a post on X
In a post on X, Rep. Chip Roy wrote that “we were told” the shooter is a foreign national, an illegal alien from Venezuela with a final order of removal, and that the war is the one being waged against Americans through mass legal and illegal immigration.
“We were told the shooter is a foreign national, an illegal alien from Venezuela with a final order of removal. The war is the one being waged against Americans through mass legal & illegal immigration.”
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Where this statement fits
Should DHS lead the investigation of the ICE shooting of a delivery driver in Austin?
On September 20, 2026, according to Austin officials, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and wounded Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a 28-year-old Venezuelan DoorDash driver, in North Austin, Texas. DHS said Homeland Security Investigations, with FBI assistance, would lead the investigation and described him as an “illegal alien” with a final order of removal who is in federal custody pending removal. His attorney disputes that he entered illegally and says he has a valid work permit. Austin's mayor, Democratic members of Congress and the League of United Latin American Citizens question DHS's and ICE's credibility and have called for an independent investigation. Rep. Chip Roy, a Republican, repeated DHS's description of the man. On September 29, federal prosecutors charged him with assaulting and resisting a federal officer, and the U.S. Attorney's Office said ICE's Homeland Security Investigations is investigating that case.
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Original post
About this source
Rep. Roy's post on X, which quotes another user's post about Rep. Casar's remarks. The post calls the Venezuelan man “the shooter”; his own attribution is “We were told.”
Original post
About this source
Official DHS account on X, posted at 11:33 p.m. Central on September 20, 2026. The post does not name the man or say what led to the shooting.
Reporting
About this source
Fox News report, syndicated on Yahoo, that describes Rep. Roy's post and notes that authorities had not publicly disclosed information indicating the man fired a weapon.
Before the quotation
Roy posted the evening of the shooting, after Rep. Greg Casar had called for an independent investigation. His post quotes another user's post saying Casar compares immigration enforcement to “war”.
After the quotation
Fox News reported that authorities had not publicly disclosed information indicating the man fired a weapon; DHS's post described an “officer involved shooting” of the man. Fox News described Roy's reaction as sharply different from the Democrats' calls for a bodycam release and an independent investigation.
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Why this label?
Relative to DHS's public account of the shooting, Roy repeats DHS's description of the man's status as the account he was given and frames the episode as part of a wider conflict over immigration; he does not question it or call for an independent investigation. Borderline: the post is attributed (“We were told”), quotes another user's post about Rep. Casar, and calls the Venezuelan man “the shooter”. Closest competing label: “Challenged the characterization” loses because he adopts, rather than disputes, DHS's description.
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