"Austinites have a right to know what happened. It's their city, and they have a right to feel safe in their city." Mayor Kirk Watson demands answers after Sunday's shooting involving an ICE agent in North Austin.

Sep 21, 2026 · 12:31 PM UTC

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Replying to @cbsaustin
An illegal alien with papers for “order of remova” tried to run from ICE!
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The citizens of Austin have a right to know who's in their state in a sovereign country. The citizens of Austin have a right to feel safe when ordering from companies like @doordash having illegals with no proper identification and insurance and a criminal record show up at their door... That's not safe, or legal. 👉The citizens of Austin have a right for the hired help politician to represent them and not citizens of other nations. In order to extract these rights, citizens of Austin need to start voting properly
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Buh bye illegal criminal!
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Nobody cares about illegal anymore. You can blame democrats for that.
This is why normal Americans no longer have empathy for illegal aliens. Democrats allowed our country to be invaded by millions of unvetted third world foreign criminals and terrorist. Never forget America. Never forget. @GavinNewsom @RobBonta @AlexPadilla4CA @XavierBecerra
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Replying to @cbsaustin
we know what happened. an illegal refused orders given by law enforcement.
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Except WHITE Austinites. This tells you what they really care about....
Replying to @KirkPWatson
Andrew Wimsatt was murdered two weeks ago 10 miles away, no press conference:
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Replying to @cbsaustin
The public has a right to understand why they can’t walk anywhere without being harassed, followed and assaulted by vagrants, why our kids can’t go to the public library anymore, why the buses are not safe to ride, why 50x repeat offenders are released back to the streets where they stalk and expose themselves to female UT students, why an innocent trip to the fountains with your kids turns into an emergency escape mission because a homeless man was masterbating outside the restroom, why every crime category is up and continues to climb, why criminals are constantly released back into the public while your DA spends our tax dollars prosecuting the police who are trying to do their jobs. It’s OUR city and we deserve better than divisive virtue signaling from our leaders who just use cherry picked incidents that fit their narrative in order to create campaign clips and visibility.
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No one in the city’s current leadership should ever talk about our right to feel safe. They’ve done the exact opposite at all turns.
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I agree that Austinites have a right to feel safe in their city. Thanks to ICE for removing the thugs and criminals.
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Where was this outrage when an innocent man sitting on a park bench was murdered and almost beheaded by an ILLEGAL !
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Democrats are why we are not safe!!
Democrats shut down our government to give illegal aliens healthcare. Democrats are currently suing the federal government to force them to give foreign nationals welfare. They are a party that fundamentally believes America belongs to the world.
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I live near Austin and feel much safer knowing that ICE will shoot violent illegal aliens.
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Austin is a joke of a city. So is CBS Austin, Kirk Watson and every clown on city council. None of you care about Austin. You want our city unsafe.
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Mayor doesn’t care if we feel safe at all. We’ve asked for months for this drug addict to be removed from the dog park. Don’t let our dogs sniff fentanyl or carry it home on their paws.
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Illegal aliens cost taxpayers $180 billion per year. They only contribute $30 billion per year. Dems in every blue state just raised taxes across the board on the working class so illegals could have welfare. Newsom just gave them $150k down payments for new homes while Americans were shoved onto a waiting list for a program that will never be funded again. The democrats have stolen the American dream from Millennials and Gen Z and handed it to invaders so they can have a new voting bloc. Their policies are SO unpopular they had to import new voters- and trust me, they're voting.
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There are 100,000 illegal aliens living in Austin.
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You have a crime rate higher than the national average lol. Focus there you sell out.
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Door Dash needs to be sued for hiring a known illegal. That means his license was not valid, his insurance was not valid. Door Dash has put many many people in danger buy knowingly breaking laws.
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Pretty safe if you’re not in the country illegally running from the cops
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Id feel safer if they let ice get rid of illegals and locked up more local criminals.
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Looks like the mayor … support and wants illegal alien child predators in our city ….. think about that the next time you vote democrat…. your children could be the next victim. They shot an illegal alien, who is a child predator and broke our laws. Let’s get the story right
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Austin isn't interested in keeping their streets safe; just look at the homeless and crime rates.
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@KirkPWatson We have a right to feel safe from being stabbed, shot, decapitated, masturbated-at, and having bricks thrown from overpasses onto our cars. We don’t care about your dramatically exploiting this incident toward an agenda that doesn’t care about us.
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Replying to @cbsaustin
Everyone is safer without ILLEGALS working for Door Dash and Uber. Deport all illegals!
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Looks like an illegal alien with a final order of deportation, led federal law enforcement on a felony evasion high speed case, then got shot while using his vehicle as a weapon against a law enforcement agent that was on foot.
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if liberals would quit letting criminals out of jail, Austin would be safer!
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If you don't cooperate or assist Federal Immigration Authorities, you forfeit the right to be involved in the investigation.
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Here ya go...an entire THREAD 🧵 debunking ALL the lies 👇
Replying to @DHSgov
CLAIM: ICE refused to remove the bullet from the illegal alien’s body. FACT: This is false. ICE does not and would not advise, nor be the authority on, a medical procedure for an illegal alien at a hospital.
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YOU DEMOCRATS UPLIFTING EVIL CRIMINALS HAPPENED!! You turn every great city into a dangerous crap hole!!
Before he was a congressman, Greg Casar sat on the Austin City Council, where he took $150 million out of Austin's police budget and deleted 150 officer positions. Then Austin set a homicide record, and the streets spiraled into disorder we're still living with today. Today, Mayor @KirkPWatson and @APDChiefDavis handed Rep. Casar the city's podium over a shooting that didn't even happen in his district. He used it to tell Austin that ICE shoots and kills people "with impunity" and needs to leave town.
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Replying to @cbsaustin
No you don’t. An illegal alien with a final deportation order fought law enforcement and fled. Don’t fight law enforcement officers if you don’t want shot. You don’t get cry because our laws are being enforced
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Replying to @cbsaustin
👇👇👇🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Very selective indignation. If any Austinites feel unsafe in their city, it is because sanctuary politicians have enabled criminal illegal aliens to roam their streets with impunity. Our mission has not changed: we will enforce the laws passed by Congress, and that includes deporting illegal aliens.
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