Days After Fatal ICE Shooting, Texas GOP Leaders Remain Silent About Calls for Independent Probes

Days after fatal ICE shooting, Texas GOP leaders remain silent about calls for independent probes

By Alejandro Serrano, Gabby Birenbaum and Samanta Habashy, The Texas Tribune July 10, 2026 Three days after federal immigration agents fatally shot a man during a traffic stop in Houston, most of Texas’ Republican leaders had yet to weigh in on the incident or respond to calls from Democrats and civil rights advocates for an independent investigation. As public outcry has rippled across the internet and the streets of Houston, Gov. Greg Abbott, …

Fatal Houston ICE shooting follows agency’s increased focus on street arrests

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Texas and across the country have increasingly targeted people who are not already in law enforcement custody, according to a Texas Tribune analysis of federal data. In Houston, where the killing of an immigrant by an ICE agent has garnered national attention, the monthly number of ICE arrests outside […] The post Fatal Houston ICE shooting follows agency’s increased focus on street arrests appeared …

ICE shooting leaves scars

HOUSTON — On Canal Street in Houston's East End, where taco trucks, tortillerias and Spanish-language signboards line the streets, neighbors are still leaving flowers, candles and balloons on the pavement where a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and…

What to know about Houston ICE shooting and other migrant deaths in Texas

The fatal shooting of a man in Houston by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Tuesday is the latest in a series of migrant deaths while in federal custody or interacting with agents in Texas since President Donald Trump returned…