{"id":264866,"date":"2025-09-29T21:58:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T21:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/264866\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T21:58:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T21:58:13","slug":"days-after-shooting-dallas-ice-office-remains-closed-as-migrants-have-scant-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/264866\/","title":{"rendered":"Days after shooting, Dallas ICE office remains closed as migrants have scant information"},"content":{"rendered":"

William Arvelo drove more than six hours from Corpus Christi with his wife and 1-year-old-son to meet with immigration officials in Dallas on their pending asylum case.<\/p>\n

Less than one week earlier, a gunman opened fire<\/a> on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Dallas, killing one detainee and critically wounding two before taking his own life.<\/p>\n

On Monday morning, Arvelo, who is originally from Venezuela<\/a>, arrived with his wife, Julia Pinto, to find the office still closed despite earlier plans to reopen. The couple was among the dozens of immigrants who showed up Monday because they did not receive notification their appointments were postponed.<\/p>\n

A single federal police officer posted in the parking lot told migrants the office was closed, but many said they still feared consequences, including deportation, if they did not check in.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re nervous,\u201d Arvelo, 30, said in Spanish. \u201cWe don\u2019t know what will happen next. We\u2019re just stuck waiting.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Julia<\/p>\n

Julia Pinto waits outside of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement with her son, Aziel Arvelo, on September 29, 2025 in Dallas. They are one of many who had an immigraiton appointment last week, following the office’s closure. <\/p>\n

Azul Sordo<\/p>\n

Check-ins are a regular part of ICE operations and used to track migrants, in Texas and around the country. Many said the meetings were already fraught even before Wednesday\u2019s shooting. In some cases, migrants in North Texas have been detained when they showed up for a scheduled check-in or court hearing<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Clasping folders with immigration documents, many said they are anxious, confused and unable to get answers from ICE. Some said they have missed multiple days of work as they wait for an appointment. Others said they worry they will be separated from their U.S.-born children.<\/p>\n

Because the office\u2019s parking lots were closed, many families parked along the service road of North Stemmons Freeway and milled about, discussing their options.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really scary,\u201d said Esteban Ramirez, who is from Nicaragua and now works in construction around Dallas, as he waited in a nearby parking lot. \u201cYou try to do everything the right way, but then everything changes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

A man walks up to a police car outside of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office, asking about his appointment on September 29, 2025 in Dallas. <\/p>\n

Azul Sordo<\/p>\n

Federal authorities say a 29-year-old gunman, Joshua Jahn of Fairview was targeting immigration officials from a rooftop near the ICE office and had written \u201cANTI-ICE\u201d on a bullet<\/a>. No law enforcement officers were injured in the shooting.<\/p>\n

All three people shot were migrants: Norlan Guzman-Fuentes, from El Salvador, was killed. Jose Andres Bordones-Molina, from Venezuela, and Miguel Angel Garcia-Hernandez, from Mexico, were wounded.<\/p>\n

ICE officers and facilities have faced a flurry of threats since President Donald Trump ordered a widespread crackdown<\/a> on illegal immigration. On July 4, a planned protest at an ICE detention center in Alvarado<\/a> escalated with one officer shot. At least 15 people have been arrested so far in connection with what federal authorities described as a \u201cplanned ambush.\u201d The officer who was shot in the neck survived.<\/p>\n

Attorney General Pam Bondi<\/a> said last week she would deploy Justice Department personnel to protect immigration officers and detention centers. <\/p>\n

Yet some immigrants said they, too, feel unsafe. Edgar Peralta, a Dallas chiropractor originally from Mexico, accompanied his Cuban-born partner Monday for her immigration check-in. Scanning nearby rooftops, Peralta said he felt exposed and surprised by the lack of information from officials.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m upset, angry, disappointed and scared for many reasons,\u201d said Peralta, 51, a U.S. citizen. \u201cWe feel like sitting ducks here.\u201d<\/p>\n

In recent months, Peralta said he is inclined to carry proof of citizenship with him at all times \u201cbecause of the color of my skin.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nearby, Edixon Delgado, 33, clutched a cup of gas station coffee as he paced a parking lot adjacent to the ICE office. Delgado, who is from Venezuela, repeatedly called the phone number listed on his immigration paperwork, but no one answered. The Dallas-area construction worker said he is worried about being separated from his young children if he fails to attend a check-in.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey haven\u2019t told me anything,\u201d Delgado said.<\/p>\n

\"Edixon<\/p>\n

Edixon Delgado waits with two of his sons oustide the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on September 29, 2025 in Dallas. They are one of many who had an immigration appointment last week, following the office’s closure. Delgado had to miss work multiple times trying to make his appointment, and his kids have missed school as a result. He worries that if he fails to show up to his appointments, he’ll be deported at his November court hearing, leaving his U.S.-born son alone. <\/p>\n

Azul Sordo<\/p>\n

Carlos Enrique, 37, who moved to the U.S. from Cuba four years ago, wanted to find a way to prove that he showed up for his first-ever immigration meeting. Enrique, who works for a housing rental company in Dallas, asked a law enforcement officer if he could take a time-stamped selfie of himself outside the ICE building. The officer said no.<\/p>\n

Around 9:30 in the morning, a federal officer, through a translator, told those gathered that the office would not reopen Monday, but that they should continue calling to schedule a new appointment. It is not yet known when check-ins will resume. <\/p>\n

Still uncertain, most retreated to their cars. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"William Arvelo drove more than six hours from Corpus Christi with his wife and 1-year-old-son to meet with…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":264867,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,134303,409,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-264866","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-ice-office-shooting","11":"tag-immigration","12":"tag-texas","13":"tag-tx","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115289831491042989","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}