CNN’s Tapper Calls Illegal Alien Shot by ICE in Austin a ‘Gentleman Driving DoorDash’
25th September 2026
Some incidents are considered much more newsworthy than others…especially if ICE agents are involved. Violent crimes by illegal immigrants are not considered newsworthy. This week, DHS released a list of criminal aliens they’ve arrested in Texas. You’ll likely never hear their names on national TV.
On Tuesday, new videos emerged shedding more light on the ICE shooting of Venezuelan illegal immigrant Wilber Garces Perez, Sunday in Austin Texas, including that a car chase, appears to have occurred after he had been stopped by ICE, leading to the shooting. Tuesday on CNN’s The Lead with Jake Tapper, both a report on the videos and a follow-up with Perez’s attorney, ignored obvious questions raised by the videos.
Tapper began the segment in a manner most sympathetic to Perez, describing the illegal alien as, “A 28-year-old Venezuelan man, Wilber Garces Perez. He was shot in the back by an Immigrations and Custom Enforcement agent or ICE agent on Sunday while the gentleman was driving DoorDash.”
After giving an update on Perez’s health status, Tapper noted that existing videos, “don’t shed much light” then presented two conflicting accounts of what led up to the shooting.