Miguel Ángel García-Hernández
Miguel Ángel García-Hernández, 31, was married to a U.S. citizen and was in the process of obtaining a Green Card, and his widow later received notice that the application had been approved. He was held in immigration custody at the ICE Dallas Field Office in Dallas, Texas, when a gunman opened fire on the building on September 24, 2025. Accounts say he was wounded in the attack and taken to Parkland Health Hospital, where he died on September 29. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement attributes his death to injuries sustained in the shooting.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. A gunman on a nearby rooftop shot Miguel Angel Garcia-Hernandez at the ICE Dallas field office, and ICE attributes his death to those injuries.
Reported by: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.
News reports (5)
- Detainee Death Report: Garcia Hernandez, Miguel Angel
- ICE reports second death from Dallas sniper attack after detainee succumbs to injuries
- 50 people have died in ICE custody since Trump returned to power
- Shootings, detention deaths put US immigration enforcement under scrutiny
- These people would all be alive if it weren’t for ICE