Illegal Cuban migrant caught on video ramming ICE vehicles in Texas

An illegal migrant from Cuba is in federal custody after ramming ICE vehicles in a Walmart parking lot in Texas – and nearly mowing down an agent, according to authorities and video of the disturbing scene. 

Robyn Argote-Brooks, 25, was allegedly caught on camera ignoring officers’ directions to exit his gold sedan after getting pulled over in San Antonio on Tuesday, before suddenly flooring the gas in reverse. 

His vehicle, which was boxed in by agents’ cars, narrowly misses an agent before he continues accelerating into the feds’ SUV, the footage shows. 

Moments later, Argote-Brooks allegedly speeds into the second ICE vehicle in front of him, but is again unsuccessful in escaping the blockade. 

An officer who was in the front seat of that vehicle, a sedan, was hurt in the crash, according to DHS, who didn’t elaborate on his injuries. 

Agents are eventually able to break the driver’s side window, pull Argote-Brooks out of the car and cuff him on the ground, the video shows. 

The Cuba national, who entered the US in October 2024 at the Laredo Port of Entry, was among the more one million migrants who illegally crossed into the country that year under the Biden administration’s “disastrous” CBP One app, DHS said. 

At the time, Customs and Border Protection issued Argote-Brooks a notice to appear, then released him on parole while he awaited an immigration hearing, according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday in Texas’ Western District Court. 

His parole was terminated in April 2025, the court docs state. 

This week’s attack came after ICE agents ran a license plate check on Argote-Brooks’ car and found there was no Social Security number, driver’s license or date of birth attached to his owner’s registration, the complaint said, prompting officers to “initiate a casual encounter” with the migrant. 

Now, Argote-Brooks is facing a federal destruction of government property charge for causing at least $4,847.19 in vehicular damages, the affidavit says. The charge carries up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. 

The shocking episode is just the latest in a recent string of car attacks on ICE officers, which have spiked by some 3,200% overall in the past year, according to shocking DHS data. 

Assistant DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin blamed sanctuary politicians for the rampant violence against agents. 

“As sanctuary politicians have encouraged illegal aliens to evade arrest, they have created an environment that incites violence against our law enforcement,” McLaughlin said in a statement.

“Secretary Noem has been clear: anyone who assaults law enforcement will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”