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The year began with a news story that riveted the country, at least as much as any story can in our attention-fragmented era. The fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis sparked nationwide protests and outrage on Capitol Hill, and contributed to the decline in Donald Trump’s approval ratings. But the reaction to two additional spasms of violence involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement this week—a traffic stop that led to a deadly crash in Michigan and a shooting in Texas—has been much more muted, at least so far. The incidents raise the troubling possibility that the country is growing numb to injury and death at the hands of federal agents, even as the toll continues to mount.

What happened in Michigan?

Many details are still missing, but here’s what we know. On Sunday morning, ICE agents reportedly tried to pull over a driver in Grand Rapids named Mario David Coronado Juarez (his surname has been spelled “Suarez” in some media reports). According to police, Juarez, who is from Guatemala and has worked in construction and lived in Michigan for years, fled in his car before crashing into a tree. Juarez’s car caught fire and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

What happened in Texas?

A few hours after Juarez’s death, Wilber Rafael Garces Perez was driving around Austin for DoorDash. A 28-year-old from Venezuela, Garces Perez says he entered the U.S. legally using a process the Biden administration created, applied for asylum, and got a work permit. But a change of address meant he missed a court summons, triggering a deportation order that ICE agents noticed. Garces Perez says the agents twice sideswiped his Toyota Corolla, causing damage, before their unmarked SUVs turned on their lights and sirens. After pulling Garces Perez over, an agent told him he was under arrest.

At this point, some details are disputed. Two sources told the New York Times that Garces Perez fled in his........

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