{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://gomez.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=6186", "Rep. Gomez Demands Accountability and Transparency for Man Shot by ICE in Austin, TX", "2026-09-22", "2026", "2026-09", "Democrat", "House", "CA", "Jimmy Gomez", "G000585", "gomez.house.gov", "gomez", "https://gomez.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 U.S. Representative Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) and over 100 Members of Congress demanded that ICE immediately release Wilber Rafael Garces Perez from detention to allow him to receive medical treatment and stop its efforts to deport him. Mr. Garces Perez is a 28-year-old DoorDash driver who was shot in the back by an ICE agent in Austin, TX on September 20, 2026.\n\nIn a letter to DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin and Acting ICE Director David Venturella, the Members demand that:\n\nICE release Mr. Garces Perez from detention so he can receive medical treatment;\n\nICE abandon efforts to swiftly deport him or remove him from Texas;\n\nThe ICE agent responsible remain in Texas; and\n\nDHS preserve all available evidence related to the shooting and share all evidence with parties that have jurisdiction to conduct a full, independent, and transparent investigation.\n\nRather than receiving medical care, Mr. Garces Perez is being held at \"the South Texas Detention Complex in Pearsall, Texas, which has a documented history of medical neglect,\" the Members write. \"According to his lawyers, he still has the bullet lodged in his body. He's received no pain medication and had to sleep on the floor.'\"\n\n\"Mr. Garces Perez is a key witness to this shooting, and given ICE's history of obscuring the facts in similar investigations, he must not be removed,\" the Members write.\n\nThe Members demand answers by Monday, September 28th, including:\n\nWhy did agents use deadly force?\n\nICE's use of force policy requires officers to render medical aid, and video suggests they did not. Why was that policy not followed?\n\nWhat is Mr. Garces Perez's current medical condition? What treatment is he receiving in immigration detention?\n\nWill ICE release all bodycam footage?\n\nThe full letter can be read here.", 1, "2026-09-24T09:44:48Z", "2026-09-24T09:45:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://gomez.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=6186"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9194989688694477, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}