It’s understood the shooter opened fire from a roof at 7am (local time), killing one detainee and injuring two others.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has confirmed the shooter died at the scene.
Here’s what you need to know.
ICE
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a U.S. government agency, created in 2003.
It is responsible for deporting people who are found to have broken U.S. immigration law.
Its website also notes it is responsible for deporting “convicted criminal undocumented aliens and gang members”.
Under U.S. law, an ‘alien’ is anyone in the country who isn’t a citizen.
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order this year to demand officials reverse what he called an “unprecedented flood of illegal immigration”.
In response, ICE has engaged in wide-spread raids and arrests around the country.
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Officers have waited outside courts to arrest people after immigration hearings and carried out raids on businesses, a practice paused under U.S. President Joe Biden.
ICE officers arrested more than 100 people in Los Angeles in June, leading to protests in the city.
Shooting
The shooting happened at an ICE facility in Dallas around 7am (local time).
No officers were injured.
FBI Director Kash Patel said a bullet casing at the scene had “ANTI ICE” written on it.
It is the second shooting at an ICE facility in Texas this year, after a police officer was shot and injured outside a detention centre in the state’s east.
Response
In a post to X, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said: “This assassination will NOT slow our arrest, detention, and deportation of illegal immigrants.”
State Democrat Rafael Anchía said his “community stands united against targeted gun violence [and] will not allow this moment to be exploited for division”.
