Three months into President Donald Trump’s mass deportation undertaking, an ICE officer shot and killed a U.S. citizen in South Padre Island, long before immigration agents killed another American in Minnesota that prompted outrage across the nation, according to records released this week that were not previously disclosed by the government.

Agents assigned to a Department of Homeland Security subagency fatally shot 23-year-old Ruben Ray Martinez of San Antonio multiple times in the early hours of March 15 while they helped local police direct traffic at the scene of a car crash, records released by American Oversight, a nonprofit government watchdog, show.

In a statement Friday, DHS confirmed the shooting and accused Martinez of “intentionally” running over an agent, who was taken to a hospital for a knee injury and later released, according to records of the incident.

https://www.texastribune.org/2026/02/20/texas-ice-fatal-shooting-south-padre-island/

ICE claims that the driver ran his car into an ICE agent standing in front of the car. Who knows? It might be true. Though it's odd that they didn't make public the details right away. It's no wonder that judges have grown increasingly skeptical of ICE testimony.

2 hours ago, Alan Zweibel said:

Who knows? It might be true. Though it's odd that they didn't make public the details right away. It's no wonder that judges have grown increasingly skeptical of ICE testimony.

Did anyone question the 50+ who died in ICE custody under Obama? Strange that I don't remember reading about any of them until the ****Derogatory nickname edited****...

19 minutes ago, impulse said:

Did anyone question the 50+ who died in ICE custody under Obama? Strange that I don't remember reading about any of them until the ****Derogatory nickname edited****...

What has this to do with custody?

47 minutes ago, impulse said:

Did anyone question the 50+ who died in ICE custody under Obama? Strange that I don't remember reading about any of them until the ****Derogatory nickname edited****...

Here's a little something to counter your deflection:

https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-trump-obama-immigration-ice-death-deportation/a-75895526

You'll note that Trump in his first 15 months has already had more immigrants in custody die than did under Obama in the entirety of either his first or second terms.