Congressional committee to hold hearing in Houston after ICE fatal shootings

(The Center Square) – A congressional field hearing is scheduled for the end of the month in Texas to address the fatal shooting of a Mexican national by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus held a news conference Tuesday in Washington, D.C., expressing consternation about two fatal ICE shootings that have occurred in one week. Last Tuesday, a Mexican national was fatally shot in Houston. On Monday, a Colombian national was fatally shot in Biddeford, Maine.

In both cases, the men allegedly drove their vehicles towards ICE agents who fired in self defense, killing them, the Department of Homeland Security said in separate statements.

In the Houston case, U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia, a Democrat representing Houston, said ICE agents never identified themselves, were using an unmarked car, the victim was not the target of an investigation, and ICE continued to “change its story.”

After the Houston shooting, the caucus ca...