SAN ANTONIO – A shooting by an immigration enforcement officer in Austin is drawing renewed attention to federal immigration enforcement and how often officers are coming into contact with people across the country and in Texas.
KSAT Investigates spent the day reviewing news coverage and data to provide context.
Our analysis found that there have been 11 shootings involving federal agents this year, and four of those were deadly.
- Jan. 7, 2026, Minneapolis, Minnesota - Renée Good (ICE) (Fatal)
- Jan. 8, 2026, Portland, Oregon – Man and woman shot (CBP)
- Jan. 14, 2026, Minneapolis, Minnesota – Man shot, wounded (ICE)
- Jan. 24, 2026, Minneapolis, Minnesota - Alex Pretti (CBP) (Fatal)
- Jan. 27, 2026, Pima County, Arizona – Patrick Gary Schlegel shot, wounded (CBP)
- Feb. 22, 2026, Pittsburg, New Hampshire – Person wounded by Border Patrol (CBP)
- April 7, 2026, Patterson, California – Carlos Ivan Mendoza (ICE)
- May 20, 2026, Memphis, Tennessee – Agents shoot man during medical episode (HSI)
- July 7, 2026, Houston, Texas – Lorenzo Salgado Araujo (ICE) (Fatal)
- July 13, 2026, Biddeford, Maine - Joan Sebastián Guerrero (ICE) (Fatal)
- Sept. 20, 2026, Austin, Texas – Rafael Garces Perez (ICE)
Six of those people were shot by an ICE officer in 2026.
Arrest data
KSAT Investigates also reviewed ICE arrest and detention figures from the Detention Data Project at UC Berkeley and UCLA, which has data available through August 2026.
The data shows ICE arrested 262,768 people so far this year nationwide. Data from 2025 shows that number was 316,304. This year, the data shows 227,673 arrests led to detentions.
In Texas, data shows ICE arrested 63,697 people during that same period. Of those, 52,375 arrests led to detentions.
KSAT Investigates emailed ICE and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for their reaction to the numbers of arrests and shootings.
An unnamed spokesperson for DHS emailed the following statement, disputing the data:
“This data is being cherry picked by the Deportation Data Project to peddle a false narrative. The Deportation Data Project relies on information releases that have not been reviewed, audited or given context. DHS nor ICE have verified the accuracy, methodology or the analysis of the project and its results. The bottom line is that the Deportation Data Project is not accurate.
“In President Trump’s first year back in office, more than 3 million illegal aliens have left the U.S. because of the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration including an estimated 2.2 million self-deportations. As of September 7, we have now deported nearly 1.1 million illegal aliens and arrested over 1.1 million illegal aliens.
“Being in detention is a choice. We encourage all illegal aliens to take control of their departure with the CBP Home App. The United States is offering illegal aliens $3,000 and a free flight to self-deport now. We encourage every person here illegally to take advantage of this offer and reserve the chance to come back to the U.S. the right legal way to live the American dream. If not, you will be arrested and deported without a chance to return.”
DHS spokesperson
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