24 hours after shooting, migrants show up to ICE Dallas facility fearful of missing their appointments

Sergio Martínez-Beltrán

September 25, 2025 / 12:40 pm

DALLAS — The sun had not yet risen when A.parked his car in an empty parking lot next to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Dallas field office.

A. is a Colombian immigrant who requested NPR only use his first initial because of concerns that speaking publicly could affect his pending immigration case.

It was about 5:45 a.m. Thursday, almost exactly 24 hours after a shooter opened fire at the facility from a nearby rooftop, killing one ICE detainee and injuring two more. It's unclear the motive of the shooter, but Trump administration officials and the FBI have called it a targeted act of violence directed at imm

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