Feb. 21 (UPI) -- A federal immigration agent shot and killed a U.S. citizen in Texas early last year as immigration officials were aware of an increase in use-of-force incidents by agents in the field. Reports of use-of-force incidents involving ICE agents saw a nearly four-fold increase -- there 67 incidents reported in the first two months of 2025, compared with 17 in the same time frame in 2024 -- as the Trump administration ramped up its nationwide immigration crackdown, according to