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Vanessa Fuentes

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Vanessa Fuentes is a member of the Austin City Council, representing District 2 in South and Southeast Austin since January 2021. Before taking office she worked on criminal justice reform at the Texas Capitol and on healthcare policy at the American Heart Association. She earned a bachelor's degree in public relations and a master's in public leadership at the University of Texas at Austin. She previously was president of the Young Women's Alliance and part of the Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce's executive team.

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What we have documented

We have documented 1 statement by Vanessa Fuentes, in 1 case. Each statement below gives the quotation, its original source and a link to the full case.

Statements by Vanessa Fuentes

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Vanessa Fuentes

Role at the time: Austin City Council Member for District 2

Condemned

Statement summary

Austin City Council Member Vanessa Fuentes said ICE cannot investigate itself and that local law enforcement should be involved in the investigation of the shooting of Wilber Rafael Garces Perez. She said she was joining her colleagues in asking for a full, thorough, independent investigation.

“ICE cannot investigate itself, and so it’s important that we have our local law enforcement agency involved in that investigation”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Austin Council Member calls for ICE accountability, independent investigation · CBS AustinFuentes quotation beginning "ICE cannot investigate itself," in the second half of the article
Why we used this label

The case asks whether DHS should lead the investigation of the shooting. Fuentes said ICE cannot investigate itself and that local law enforcement should be involved, and she joined her colleagues in asking for a full, thorough, independent investigation. That rejects an investigation led by the agency involved, so we labeled it Condemned.

Read statementFull case: Should DHS lead the investigation of the ICE shooting of a delivery driver in Austin?

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