Cuellar calls for a thorough investigation of ICE's use of force in Alamo
U.S. representative from Texas and ranking member for Homeland Security appropriations, in a statement to Newsweek
“Any use of force by authorities should be thoroughly and immediately investigated. As Ranking Member of Homeland Security Appropriations, I brought up my concerns directly to ICE leadership and look forward to answers on this incident in a timely manner.”
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Newsweek report published Sept. 18. It carries a written statement from Rep. Henry Cuellar, quotes an X post by Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, quotes Luis Ochoa's accounts to KRGV and Telemundo, and includes DHS's response. It attributes the teenagers' U.S. citizenship to Teresa Ochoa, the mother of one of them.
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Report on Rep. Henry Cuellar's Sept. 22 visit to the Rio Grande Valley. It quotes Cuellar on his requests for body camera video from DHS and for an investigation, and it reproduces two DHS statements, one on the Sept. 11 arrests and one on the arrest and removal of Teresa Ochoa Briseño.
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Newsweek reported that Cuellar said he was very concerned by the footage of the arrests.
After the quotation
On Sept. 22, ValleyCentral reported that Cuellar said he had asked DHS for body camera footage of the events that led to Ochoa's arrest and had also requested an investigation.
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Case context: Was ICE's use of force in arresting Luis Ochoa in Alamo, Texas, justified?
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Cuellar says he is very concerned about the footage, calls for a thorough, immediate investigation and says he looks forward to answers on the incident, but he does not say whether the force was justified.
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Was ICE's use of force in arresting Luis Ochoa in Alamo, Texas, justified?
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