Crockett calls ICE a “rogue agency” that continues to show “no regard for human life”
Jasmine CrockettU.S. Representative for Texas's 30th congressional district, on her official X account
On X, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) linked the shooting of Garces Perez to the July fatal ICE shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, called ICE a "rogue agency" that "continues to show no regard for human life," and said "we will not look the other way" and "we deserve a full, independent, and transparent investigation."
“Just two months after ICE murdered Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, these unqualified ICE agents shot another man in Texas. This rogue agency continues to show no regard for human life, shooting people in the middle of the street and getting away with it. We will not look the other way. We deserve a full, independent, and transparent investigation.”
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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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Crockett's post on her official X account (@RepJasmine). The post is timestamped 00:53:14 UTC. We did not save an archive copy of the post.
Before the quotation
Crockett posted the evening of the shooting, before DHS's first public statement on the incident.
After the quotation
Salgado Araujo is the subject of a separate case of ours concerning a July 7, 2026 ICE shooting in a different Texas incident.
How this statement is classified
The label describes this statement's response within the context above.
Why this label?
Relative to DHS's decision to have its own component lead the investigation into the shooting, Crockett directly denounces ICE as a "rogue agency" showing "no regard for human life" and rejects an ICE-led inquiry by demanding an independent one. Closest competing label: “Challenged the characterization” loses because she condemns ICE's conduct broadly, not merely a description of this incident.
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