Garces Perez still has a bullet lodged in his body and a fractured clavicle, according to his attorney, immigration lawyer Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch. He's dealing with significant pain and limited mobility since the shooting, she said.
Lincoln-Goldfinch told reporters her legal team worries about infection and permanent damage if Garces Perez doesn't get surgery soon. Every day without the operation raises those risks, she said. The Wednesday hearing will decide whether he stays in custody or gets released while his case moves forward.
For Garces Perez, the stakes go beyond the courtroom. He's an injured man sitting in detention with a bullet still inside him, and his attorneys say time matters here.
The case raises pointed questions about how ICE encounters unfold and what happens to people afterward. Weeks after the shooting, a man wounded by a federal officer is still fighting from a detention cell just to get medical care.