Houston ICE Shooting Investigation

An investigation into the Houston ICE shooting is underway, led by the DHS Office of the Inspector General, according to ICE, after a fatal incident in which a substance found in the van of the man shot was believed by the FBI to potentially be drugs, but the family's attorney claims is actually salt, as reported by CNN. The incident is one of at least 21 cases of people being shot at by federal immigration agents since last year, as noted in a recent report by The New York Times and further highlighted by similar cases of excessive force, which have sparked calls for greater transparency, much like the demands for accountability in the Kennedy Center Disputes Whistleblower Claims and Trump Releases Documents on Alleged China Election Interference cases. The FBI, whose Counterterrorism Division has expanded significantly since 2000, is also involved in the investigation, with questions about the search warrant referred to FBI Houston and the attorney general’s office, as stated on nbcnews.com.

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