Witnesses must be protected against deportation, and ICE must submit to independent and transparent investigations following any use of deadly force,” said Ranking Member Thompson.
Call for witnesses in ICE use-of-force cases to be protected against deportation.
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Evidence
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"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.
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"The letter was signed by U.S. Representatives Yassamin Ansari, Becca Balint, Nanette Barragán, Wesley Bell, Donald Beyer, Everton Blair, Brendan Boyle, Shontel Brown, Janelle Bynum, André Carson, Greg Casar, Joaquin Castro, Judy Chu, Gilbert Cisneros, Yvette Clarke, Lou Correa, Joe Courtney, Jasmine Crockett, Jason Crow, Sharice Davids, Madeleine Dean, Diana DeGette, Christopher Deluzio, Mark DeSaulnier, Maxine Dexter, Lloyd Doggett, Veronica Escobar, Adriano Espaillat, Lizzie Fletcher, Laura Friedman, Maxwell Frost, John Garamendi, Jesús García, Robert Garcia, Sylvia Garcia, Daniel Goldman, Jimmy Gomez, Al Green, Adelita Grijalva, Steven Horsford, Chrissy Houlahan, Val Hoyle, Jared Huffman, Jonathan Jackson, Sara Jacobs, Pramila Jayapal, Julie Johnson, Sydney Kamlager-Dove, Robin Kelly, Ro Khanna, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Summer Lee, Teresa Leger Fernandez, Sam Liccardo, Seth Magaziner, Sarah McBride, Betty McCollum, Morgan McGarvey, James McGovern, LaMonica McIver, Analilia Mejia, Christian Menefee, Robert Menendez, Kweisi Mfume, Dave Min, Gwen Moore, Kelly Morrison, Eleanor Norton, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Frank Pallone, Brittany Pettersen, Mark Pocan, Nellie Pou, Ayanna Pressley, Mike Quigley, Delia Ramirez, Emily Randall, Luz Rivas, Andrea Salinas, Mary Gay Scanlon, Lateefah Simon, Adam Smith, Eric Sorensen, Melanie Stansbury, Mark Takano, Bennie Thompson, Mike Thompson, Dina Titus, Rashida Tlaib, Jill Tokuda, Paul Tonko, Ritchie Torres, Lori Trahan, Derek Tran, Gabe Vasquez, Marc Veasey, Nydia Velázquez, James Walkinshaw, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and Bonnie Watson Coleman."
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"Will you commit to allowing Mr. Garces Perez to remain in the United States for the duration of the FBI, OIG, and any state or local investigations into the shooting, so they may provide eyewitness testimony to investigators?"
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"Mr. Garces Perez’s ability to participate as a material witness in the ongoing investigation or any future prosecution of this incident will be severely hindered if he is removed from the United States."
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"ICE has allegedly encouraged these witnesses, Mr. Salgado Araujo’s brother and two of their co-workers, to sign paperwork for self-deportation from the United States. This is incredibly concerning, as these men would be critical to any investigation into the fatal shooting."
Assessments
The verified commitment says Thompson called for witnesses to be protected against deportation. The only verified evidence passage provided shows a later demand that a specific key witness "must not be removed," but it does not verify that Thompson signed or materially advanced that letter, and it does not verify that the witness was actually protected from deportation. Because the promised outcome is protection against deportation and no deadline has expired, the outcome remains unresolved rather than delivered or never.