ICE agent wounds man in Texas shooting: Officials

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : The ICE agent shot him during a brief pursuit on foot shortly before 1pm local time, Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said.
47% : ICE recently started detaining more people in Austin, Watson and US Representative Greg Casar, a Texas Democrat, said.
45% : The man was shot in the torso by an ICE agent during a brief pursuit on foot, city police said.
43% : AUSTIN - An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and wounded a man in Austin, Texas, on Sept 20, city officials said, adding that the man was in serious but stable condition.
43% : More than 50 people have died in ICE detention since Trump returned to office in 2025.
41% : City officials did not identify the man who was shot, and said they did not know the identity of the ICE agent involved.
40% : Local TV news coverage on the afternoon of Sept 20 showed protesters gathered across the street from a blue Toyota Corolla that had sustained damage to the passenger-side door, as ICE agents stood nearby.
39% : ICE, the US Department of Homeland Security and the Texas Department of Public Safety did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
39% : "Unfortunately, ICE has not been truthful in shootings in other cities."
36% : "From my perspective, the credibility of ICE doing some form of an investigation just by itself and excluding others would not be appropriate," Watson said, adding that he is angry about the shooting but not surprised by it.
35% : Pattern of ICE shootings Federal immigration officials have been involved in multiple shootings this year, including the killing of two US citizens in Minnesota, which sparked a widespread backlash.
33% : "Just a few weeks ago, as we saw the ICE surge come to Austin, especially to North Central Austin, I and others said that ICE needed to leave before someone was shot," said Casar, whose district includes parts of Austin.
25% : The shooting is the latest in a series of incidents involving ICE, which has become the face of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown and whose actions have drawn scrutiny and calls for accountability from rights advocates.
24% : The killing of US citizen Renee Good in Minnesota earlier in 2026 showed that ICE cannot be trusted to provide accurate information about its shootings, Casar said.

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