The Department of Homeland Security said the 23-year-old, who came from a family of Trump supporters, was shot after intentionally hitting an agent with his vehicle on South Padre Island.

The lieutenant governor’s request to delay renewing the camp’s license came hours after parents who lost children in the July 4 flood sued the state for its alleged failure to enforce an evacuation plan requirement.

Following the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in July 2025, the federal government allocated $46.5 billion for border wall construction.

Last year was the deadliest year in ICE detention in two decades. Nearly a quarter of those deaths occurred in Texas.