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What we know about Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez, the Venezuelan shot by an ICE agent, now facing deportation with a bullet still lodged in his body

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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.

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