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Attorney Says Man Allegedly Shot And Detained By ICE With Bullet Left In His Back Has Returned To Hospital
AP: Man Shot By ICE, Detained In Texas With A Bullet In His Back Is Back In The Hospital, Attorney Says
A Venezuelan man shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer and taken to a detention center in Texas with a bullet still lodged in his back was back in the hospital by Monday night, the man’s attorney said. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was making a DoorDash delivery in Austin on Sunday when his car was “sideswiped” twice by ICE officers in an unmarked truck, immigration attorney Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch told reporters earlier Monday. He was shot and taken to a hospital, she said, but was released later Sunday into ICE custody with the bullet still inside him. (Wilder and Bedayn, 9/22)
AFP: Man Shot By US Immigration Agent Describes Pain Of Bullet Still Inside Him
"I'm in a lot of pain because the shot fractured my clavicle and at the hospital where they took me they couldn't remove the bullet because it's close to the spinal cord...I'm not doing very well, I still have the bullet inside," Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, told reporters by phone. (9/22)
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AP: ICE Hides Location Of Thousands Of Detainees With Removal Orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding thousands of detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, an unannounced move that has made it far more difficult for lawyers and relatives to find them, according to current and former officials familiar with the practice. ICE removed those detainees from its online detainee locator system on Sept. 15, according to three current and former ICE officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the change. Several lawyers contacted by The Associated Press confirmed their clients vanished from the system this week, and the American Immigration Lawyers Association warned its members about the situation Friday. (Foley, 9/21)
Daily Montanan: Judge Orders Immigration Officials To Release 24 People Unlawfully Detained In Montana
A federal judge ordered immigration officials to release 24 individuals being unlawfully held in Cascade County, some for more than six weeks, Upper Seven Law announced in a news release. Upper Seven Litigation Director Molly Danahy said in a statement those people will be allowed to return to their families. (Szpaller, 9/21)
The Guardian: Banished To Alien Lands: Trump’s Secret Deportation Deals
After a plane journey in shackles, an Iranian woman found herself in the middle of Africa in a country she did not know existed. She is one of thousands deported from the US on the back of shadowy deals made with dozens of countries. An in-depth investigation reveals the ‘show of force’ costing American taxpayers millions. (Loveluck, 9/21)
Forbes: Trump Enacts Additional Immigration Policies Against H-1B Visa Holders
The Trump administration has imposed additional immigration measures to restrict companies from hiring H-1B visa holders. On Sept. 18, the White House posted a presidential proclamation that renewed the $100,000 fee levied on the entry of new H-1B professionals. The fee is blocked in court, but administration officials may have wanted to preserve their legal options. The proclamation reveals the Sept. 2025 $100,000 fee acted as a virtual prohibition on hiring new H-1B visa holders, with employers making the $100,000 payment for only about 700 individuals. (Anderson, 9/21)
