The Austin American-Statesman's editorial board says DHS's silence “is not transparency”

In an editorial, the Austin American-Statesman’s editorial board wrote that DHS’s initial silence about why Garces Perez was shot "is not transparency" but "an effort to frame" him before releasing facts, and said a "full, independent investigation" was essential, but that DHS’s plan to have its own component, Homeland Security Investigations, lead the inquiry "is not the independent inquiry Austin residents need," and that the Texas Rangers and the Austin Police Department’s Special Investigations Unit "must have a role."

“DHS offered no account of why he was shot. That is not transparency. It is an effort to frame Garces Perez before providing the public with the facts. A full, independent investigation — alarmingly absent in other ICE-related shootings — is essential here. Yet the first DHS statement offers no such assurance. It says Homeland Security Investigations, an ICE component, is leading the investigation with help from the FBI. That is not the independent inquiry Austin residents need. The Texas Rangers must have a role. So must the Austin Police Department's Special Investigations Unit, which examines officer-involved shootings and ultimately answers to the residents of this city.”