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The shooting in the Texas capital is the latest by federal immigration agents as the Trump administration intensifies its deportation effort. By Christina Morales and Lauren McGaughy Christina Morales reported from New York, and Lauren McGaughy reported from Austin, Tex. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot a man in the torso in Austin, Texas, local authorities said, the latest violent episode to occur as the Trump administration pushes to increase deportations. State, local and federal law enforcement officers were investigating the episode that took place under a highway overpass in Northwest Austin.
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Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, an immigration lawyer who said at the hospital that she is representing the family of the injured man, did not share his name but said that he is an immigrant from Venezuela. โMy understanding is that he is in this hospital, and they are not allowing us up to see him because ICE is blocking,โ she said.
