Overview
- A federal ICE vehicle struck 48-year-old Miguel Parra-Hernandez during an operation in Harris County on Oct. 10, leaving him hospitalized with multiple leg fractures and requiring surgeries.
- ICE says agents were pursuing a target named Jose Mendoza-Cervantes when Parra-Hernandez and another man fled, and the involved agent has been placed on administrative leave while DHS conducts an internal review.
- Surveillance video reviewed by news outlets appears to show the ICE SUV moving toward a fleeing man and contradicts ICE’s claim that the man stepped in front of the vehicle.
- Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare opened a criminal probe and said his office is considering charges; prosecutors and advocates report difficulty securing federal-held evidence and access to detained witnesses.
- Advocates say the person ICE identified in public materials was actually a man who died years earlier and have turned death documents over to prosecutors, raising questions about how the operation identified its target and about wider ICE transparency and accountability.