{"id":672566,"date":"2026-09-22T12:50:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T12:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=672566"},"modified":"2026-09-22T12:50:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T12:50:44","slug":"that-spontaneous-anti-ice-protest-in-austin-theres-more-to-the-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=672566","title":{"rendered":"That \u2018spontaneous\u2019 anti-ICE protest in Austin? There\u2019s more to the story"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A closer look at Austin\u2019s \u201cspontaneous protest\u201d following Sunday\u2019s ICE-involved shooting revealed dark money connections for well-organized radical groups.<\/p>\n

Sunday in the Lone Star State\u2019s capital, Venezuelan Wilber Rafael Garces Perez was identified as the illegal alien shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer after video seemingly showed the suspect attempting to pull away after his vehicle was blocked. The aftermath included the usual rabble of flag-waving, mask-wearing, megaphone-chanting leftists that, according to an investigation from Fox News Digital, were assembled by a network of communist groups, some of which are tied to billionaire Neville Roy Singham.<\/p>\n

According to the report<\/a> from senior editor of investigations Asra Nomani and breaking news reporter Michael Dorgan, the groups included Democratic Socialists of America, Freedom Road Socialist Organization and the Party for Socialism and Liberation, which, Fox News Digital reported, \u201cworks closely with nonprofits funded by Neville Roy Singham, a communist American-born tech tycoon living in Shanghai.\u201d<\/p>\n

As was previously reported<\/a>, the illegal alien said to have overstayed his work permit was shot Sunday morning and was in stable condition after being taken into ICE custody. By the afternoon, the intersection where the incident occurred had been swarmed by activists calling for ICE to be booted from Austin.<\/p>\n

Nomani shared a timeline on X with screenshots of the sensationalist demagoguery from the radical groups, organizing the \u201cspontaneous protest\u201d with specific times and a meeting place<\/p>\n

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1\/ \"\ud83d\udea8\" BREAKING \u2014 Who is behind the \u201cspontaneous\u201d anti-ICE protests in Austin, Texas?<\/p>\n

A coordinated network of socialist and communist groups are organizing and promoting Austin\u2019s \u201cspontaneous\u201d anti-ICE protest, according to new reporting from @M_Dorgan<\/a> and me at @FoxNews<\/a>\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/Ls9N9ndGV3<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Asra Nomani (@AsraNomani) September 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Singham and the roughly $278 million funneled to anti-America leftists were recently the topic of a congressional hearing interrupted by CODEPINK<\/a> and co-founder Medea Benjamin. As it happens, CODEPINK\u2019s other co-founder, Jodie Evans, is Singham\u2019s wife. At least $1.33 million of the nearly $300 million from the communist went to the activist troublemakers.<\/p>\n

BreakThrough News, likewise benefiting from Singham\u2019s funding, covered the anti-ICE demonstration Sunday with the headline<\/a> \u201cAustin erupts in protest after ICE shoots, injures man.\u201d<\/p>\n

Further commenting on the vague coverage from KVUE that suggested the growth of the protest was organic, Fox News Digital\u2019s report went on, \u201cBut the details of the Austin protest are important because they reveal that the demonstrations represent more than an unplanned gathering of residents responding to a breaking-news event, much like the protest in Minnesota and New Jersey \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe shooting provided the immediate trigger, but the mobilization was amplified by organizations with explicit revolutionary socialist and communist ideologies, established propaganda outlets and long-standing ties to international movements aligned with the communist governments of Cuba and Venezuela,\u201d read the piece. \u201cThey each have pre-existing activist networks and online audiences that organized and promoted the protests.\u201d<\/p>\n

Given more time for organizing, protests continued Monday as participants openly wore shirts and carried signs representing the activist groups. Some even painted messages on highway pillars calling for the death of President Donald Trump as captured by reporter Savanah Hernandez.<\/p>\n

Expectations for a peaceful assembly were kept low by law enforcement as the Texas Department of Public Safety urged the public to report suspicious activity as it announced the Texas State Capitol Grounds would be shuttered at 8:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

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Watch live coverage of a protest in Austin following Sunday\u2019s shooting involving ICE agents that left Wilber Rafael Garces Perez injured. Three protesters were arrested during demonstrations Sunday evening. FOX 7 Austin has the latest from the scene. https:\/\/t.co\/T43OowKd5B<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 FOX 4 NEWS (@FOX4) September 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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ATX- I\u2019m currently at the corner where Venezuelan illegal, Wilber Perez, was shot by ICE.<\/p>\n

Protesters are here to build a memorial for him with one Talarico supporter spray painting \u201cKILL DONALD TRUMP\u201d and \u201cTALARICO LOVE WINS\u201d on a pillar near the shooting location. pic.twitter.com\/JKlpJQiv9P<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Savanah Hernandez (@Savsays) September 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is continuously monitoring events and their impact on public safety, including this evening\u2019s planned protest in Downtown Austin. As scheduled, DPS will be closing Texas State Capitol Grounds at 8:00 p.m. tonight. @TxDPSCapitol<\/a><\/p>\n

DPS\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/h0xWAZ0J0Z<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Texas DPS (@TxDPS) September 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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