ICE agent indicted in Houston crash as calls for accountability grow
The gist
A Harris County grand jury indicted a federal immigration officer accused of intentionally striking Miguel Parra-Hernandez with his vehicle.
The case fuels wider demands over ICE transparency on deaths and masked agents.
How it unfolded
- Oct 10, 2026A collision during an immigration enforcement operation in northwest Harris County left Miguel Parra-Hernandez seriously injured; a grand jury later indicted a federal immigration officer accused of intentionally striking him with his vehicle.
- Oct 25, 2026Gustavo Rivero Napoles, a Cuban man who spent nearly his whole life in Hialeah, died of cancer in a California hospital ICU after about six months in immigration detention; ICE had released him the day he was moved to the ICU, about 48 hours before he died.
- Oct 26, 2026Congressman Salud Carbajal joined Congressman Jim Costa and other leaders in a virtual press conference calling on ICE and DHS to provide more information about enforcement operations.