July 17 - As U.S. President Donald Trump has ramped up deportation efforts during his second term, on-duty federal immigration agents have shot and killed at least seven people -- leaving behind grieving families, angry communities and calls for reform.
Here is a look at each case.
• RUBEN RAY MARTINEZ, March 15, 2025 — A U.S. Department of Homeland Security agent fatally shot Martinez, a U.S. citizen out celebrating his 23rd birthday with a friend, as he was driving his car in South Padre Island, Texas. In a police report, DHS said Martinez accelerated as he neared the scene of a road accident and struck two agents with his car, prompting one to shoot him through the driver's side window. Body-camera videos released nearly a year later through public-records requests show him driving slowly and do not clearly show him hitting either agent. Martinez's family said he was trying to comply with officers' orders.
• SILVERIO VILLEGAS-GONZALEZ, September 12, 2025 — A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fatally shot Villegas, a 38-year-old Mexican cook, in Chicago while trying to stop his vehicle, shortly after he had dropped his two sons off at school. DHS said Villegas had lived in the U.S. since 2007 without legal authorization and that the agent who shot him feared for his life, citing Villegas' "history of reckless driving." In bodycam footage, the agent described his injuries as "nothing major." Between 2011 and 2019, Villegas was cited for several traffic offenses, including speeding and a broken tail-light.
• NAME UNKNOWN, December 11, 2025 — A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent fatally shot a 31-year-old Mexican man outside Rio Grande City, Texas, near the border with Mexico. According to a Border Patrol statement, the agent was trying to detain the man and struggled with him for two minutes before shooting him. No video footage of the incident has emerged. The man was not identified in the CBP statement; Reuters has asked the agency for his name.
• RENEE GOOD, January 7, 2026 — An ICE agent walked up to Good, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen, as she sat in her parked car blocking one lane of a road in Minneapolis. Witness videos showed Good cal...


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