Federal immigration agents have shot at least 21 people during Trump's 2nd term

Eight of the shootings were fatal, including three who were U.S. citizens. At least 21 people have been shot by federal immigration agents during the second Trump administration, according to an ABC News count. The most recent shooting was on Sunday, when an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in Austin, Texas, shot Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a Venezuelan man who was making deliveries for DoorDash. Eight of those shootings, which included three U.S. citizens, were fatal, according to an analysis based on ABC reporting, statements from lawmakers, and government press releases. ABC News found at least 15 other incidents in which federal immigration agents fired shots but did not injure people. The latest shooting has continued to raise questions among lawmakers and immigrant advocates about the Trump administration's deportation campaign. "There was hope that ICE would abandon the physical brutality and inhumanity of its tactics on the streets," Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said on Tuesday. "There was hope that there would be accountability. That hope has been vanished. Most recently, just days ago in Austin, Texas." In response to the incident in Texas, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Tuesday that the agency is "tasked with enforcing the laws passed by Congress" and that ICE "will not be slowing down or leaving Austin."

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