Wednesday’s shooting at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Dallas that killed one detainee and injured two others is sending fear through the migrant community and those who advocate for them.

The shooting comes as immigrants are already fearful of being targeted amid anti-immigrant rhetoric.

Myrna Mendez, founder and president of Comadres Unidas de Dallas y Mas, said the incident escalates the distrust among community members who already have had their daily lives disrupted.

“There are people that are not sending their kids to school, they’re not taking them to their medical appointments,” Mendez told KERA in Spanish..

Federal officials are investigating the shooting as an anti-ICE attack, but all three victims were detainees. The Mexican Ministry of Foreig

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