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Man shot by ICE in Austin has surgery after eleven days
Original: ELEVEN DAYS with a bullet in his back!!! Wilber Garces Perez has undergone surgery 11 days after ICE shooting in Austin,
Wilber Garces Perez, who was shot by an ICE agent in Austin, Texas, has finally undergone surgery after living for eleven days with a bullet lodged in his back, according to his lawyer. The delay is drawing outrage, with critics citing it as evidence of mistreatment of immigrants in federal custody and renewed calls to abolish the agency.
Why now: Anger over an injured man waiting eleven days for surgery after an ICE shooting fits ongoing backlash against immigration enforcement.
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- ELEVEN DAYS with a bullet in his back!!! Wilber Garces Perez has undergone surgery 11 days after ICE shooting in Austin, lawyer says https://www. kut.org/crime-justice/2026-10- 01/austin-texas-tx-wilber-garces-perez-shot-ice-surgery # AbolishICE # TrumpMustGo # ReneeGood #… · DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social · 10
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