US judge blocks deportation of DoorDash driver shot by ICE

A US judge has temporarily blocked the deportation of a Venezuelan man who was shot by immigration agents in Texas, his lawyer says.

Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, is being held in a detention centre with a bullet in his back, according to his lawyer. Judge Orlando Garcia, a Clinton appointee, scheduled a hearing for Garces Perez to appear in court in person next week.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a statement that an "illegal alien" had been the subject of a targeted vehicle stop but pushed back against suggestions he had been given inadequate medical care.

The incident comes months after a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer fatally shot a man in Houston.

Texas ICE shooting leaves Venezuelan DoorDash driver with bullet in his back, says lawyer

Garces Perez's immigration lawyer, Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, has filed a federal lawsuit for a temporary restraining order to prevent his removal from the country.

Since the judge ordered that her client appear in person on 30 September, he cannot be deported before then, she said.

"For now, we have secured a temporary block on his deportation while his case moves forward," Lincoln-Goldfinch wrote on social media.