ICE Shooting of Immigrant in Texas Under Investigation: What to Know

The Department of Homeland Security’s investigative arm is leading a probe into a federal agent’s shooting of an immigrant from Venezuela in Austin, Texas, on Sunday afternoon.Protesters immediately gathered at the scene to denounce the latest instance of violence involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, with videos on social media showing them paralyzing traffic. Texas law enforcement was deployed to the scene to respond and attempt to disperse the gathering, CBS Austin reported, detaining multiple protesters and firing pepper balls into the crowds.“I’m very angry about this,” Austin Mayor Kirk Watson, a Democrat, said in a press conference about the shooting, adding that local police were not involved in the incident, which happened during a traffic stop.Watson said he was not surprised by ICE’s involvement, given “the nature of ICE and the way ICE is doing its business these days.”Watson and other Texas Democrats have also called for independent investigations into the incident. James Talarico, who’s campaigning for a U.S. Senate seat, said he was “closely following” the reports and urged a probe that released available footage of the shooting. “Previous incid...