Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez, a 28-year-old Venezuelan man, was working as a DoorDash delivery driver in North Austin on Sunday, September 20, when he was shot by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent during a traffic stop. He was injured and later taken into immigration custody, with the bullet still lodged in his body.
On Tuesday, September 22, a federal judge granted an emergency order temporarily blocking his deportation after his attorney, Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, filed a federal lawsuit. In a message posted to her X account, Lincoln-Goldfinch reported the news and said the judge ordered Garcés Pérez to appear at the first hearing, scheduled for Wednesday, September 30.
“We have filed a federal lawsuit, and the judge has ordered that he be present at the first hearing, which is scheduled for Wednesday, September 30,” said Goldfinch. “And that means he won’t be deported in the meantime.”
