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- 1Progressive Austin council candidate arrested at ICE protest●Progressive candidate arrested after ICE protest says officer threatened to shoot pet
Misael Ramos, a democratic socialist candidate for Austin City Council, was arrested by Texas troopers on Saturday morning during a protest against ICE. The arrest came after an ICE agent shot Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez in Austin. Ramos says an officer threatened to shoot his pet during the arrest. The incident has drawn attention to tensions over immigration enforcement in Texas.