ICE officer indicted in Texas after striking immigrant with vehicle

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer who hit and injured a man with a vehicle in Houston, Texas, was indicted by a grand jury in Harris County on Friday.

The 33-year-old officer, Mario Alberto Morales, was indicted on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly driving his vehicle into Miguel Parra Hernandez earlier this month, NBC News reported.

“The evidence that we have in this case is as clear as any that I’ve ever prosecuted or investigated,” Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare said in a news conference on Friday, according to NBC.

“An ICE badge does not give you free rein to injure, kill, or violate the constitutional rights of anyone,” Teare said.

Parra Hernandez, a 48-year-old immigrant without legal........

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