Man ICE was pursuing in Houston crash has been dead for years, advocates say
An ICE agent hit a man with a vehicle in Houston while pursuing an immigrant who, according to his family and an advocacy group, died in 2017.
The immigrant that ICE was pursuing when an agent hit a man with a vehicle in Houston has been dead for years, according to his family and an immigrant rights group.
NBC News reports the family says the man, Jose Parra Hernández, died in 2017. The group is calling on ICE to "come clean" about why it was looking for him. It also wants the agency to release bodycam video.
The Hill reports that an advocacy group says the man has apparently been dead for almost a decade. It says the man who was hit was Miguel Parra Hernandez, 48, an immigrant without legal status. The Hill says he was driving to work on Saturday morning when federal agents were involved.
The reports do not include a response from ICE.
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- NBC NewsImmigrant ICE was seeking when its agent hit a man with its SUV has been dead since 2017, family saysFri, Oct 16, 6:21 PM EDT
- The HillImmigrant ICE searched for in Texas when agent hit man with car has been dead for years: ReportSat, Oct 17, 1:12 PM EDT
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