Doggett calls for ICE to release any available body-camera footage
Lloyd DoggettU.S. representative for Texas's 37th District
Doggett said ICE had not provided enough facts about the Austin shooting and called for the release of any available body-camera footage.
“We don’t know enough because ICE as usual is not providing the facts. They should’ve already released any body camera footage that they had.”
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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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KXAN's September 23 report attributes these remarks to U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett. It says KXAN had asked ICE whether the agents involved wore body-worn cameras and had not received a response as of publication; the report does not establish whether a camera was worn or activated.
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KXAN reported that questions remained about the circumstances of the September 20 shooting of Wilber Garces Perez and sought an ICE response about body-worn cameras.
After the quotation
KXAN reported that ICE had not answered its question about whether the agents were wearing cameras as of publication. The report does not establish whether a camera was worn or activated.
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Why this label?
Relative to the case's oversight question, Doggett criticizes ICE's handling of information about the shooting and calls for available footage. He does not assert that a body camera was worn or activated.
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