Joaquin Castro calls ICE “rogue, lawless, and deadly” after the Garcés Pérez shooting
U.S. Representative for Texas’s 20th congressional district
“An ICE agent shot Wilber Rafael Garcés Perez in Austin on Sunday. Instead of receiving medical care, he was sent to an ICE prison. No pain medicine, made to sleep on the floor, and threatened with deportation. Under Trump, ICE has become rogue, lawless, and deadly.”
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Official statement
About this source
An official House page hosting Castro’s video about the Austin shooting of Wilber Rafael Garces Perez. The page says Castro is calling for an independent investigation, immediate medical care, and for Perez to remain in Texas; it also contains Castro’s attributed account of Perez’s detention and medical treatment. Embedded video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhFBycT6Ups.
Before the quotation
On his official House page hosting a video titled “The Austin ICE shooting of Wilber Rafael Garces Perez,” Castro opened by referring to the shooting.
After the quotation
Castro also said Perez had been sent to an ICE detention facility rather than receiving medical care and called for an independent investigation, immediate medical care, and for Perez to remain in Texas. Those medical-treatment statements are Castro’s attributed account in the same official post.
How this statement is classified
Case context: Should ICE's use of force in the shooting of Wilber Rafael Garces Perez be condemned or condoned?
The label describes this statement’s response within the context above.
Why this label?
Relative to the ICE officer’s use of force against Garcés Pérez, Castro calls ICE “rogue, lawless, and deadly” in a statement specifically about the shooting and urges an independent investigation. This is condemnation of the conduct, not merely a procedural proposal.
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