As of the latest public reporting, officials have not released any specific criminal charges filed against Robyn Argote Brooks. News reports say the incident is under investigation by ICE, Homeland Security Investigations, and the FBI, but do not list formal counts such as assault on a federal officer or related offenses. Without a court filing or DOJ press release, the exact charges are not publicly known.
DHS/ICE press releases describe “vehicular attacks” or “vehicular assaults” as incidents where a person intentionally uses a vehicle to ram, strike, or attempt to strike ICE or CBP officers or their vehicles (for example, reversing at high speed toward an officer or ramming enforcement vehicles while trying to flee). “Assaults” in the recent ICE statistics are broader and include any deliberate physical attack or attempted attack on ICE officers (such as hitting, biting, shooting at, or otherwise physically harming officers), not limited to vehicles. DHS has not published a detailed, formal technical definition beyond these descriptive examples in its public releases.
CBP One is a DHS/CBP mobile and web application that serves as a single portal for the public to access certain CBP services, including allowing migrants in northern and central Mexico to schedule appointments to present themselves at ports of entry along the U.S.–Mexico border. In this case, DHS states that Robyn Argote Brooks “entered the U.S. under the Biden administration’s … CBP One app in 2024,” implying he used the app’s appointment/scheduling function to come to a port of entry and be processed into the United States before later being arrested by ICE.
Public sources confirm that the injured ICE officer—identified locally as Field Office Director Miguel Vergara—was hospitalized with neck injuries after the ramming incident. However, no official updates have been released on his current medical condition or recovery status beyond that he was hospitalized and ICE officials said they were “praying for him, his health, and his family.”
DHS says that from January 21, 2025, to January 7, 2026, ICE officers experienced 66 vehicular attacks, compared with 2 in the same period a year earlier. The percentage change is calculated as ((66−2)/2)×100 ≈ 3,200%. These figures appear only in DHS press releases; DHS has not published the underlying case-level data or methodology, so independent public verification is not currently possible beyond accepting DHS’s aggregated counts at face value.
In DHS’s statement, “sanctuary politicians” is a political label for elected officials who back “sanctuary” or “immigrant‑protective” policies that limit or refuse cooperation with federal immigration enforcement (for example, restricting local jails from honoring ICE detainers, barring local police from assisting ICE operations, or declaring “sanctuary cities”). DHS does not tie the San Antonio incident to one named jurisdiction but, in its broader January 8, 2026 release, explicitly criticizes officials such as Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, and others, arguing that their rhetoric and sanctuary‑style policies contribute to increased assaults and vehicular attacks on ICE officers.
According to DHS, Brooks “is now in ICE custody” and the incident “will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.” While specific court filings are not yet public, typical next steps in a case like this are: (1) a criminal investigation by ICE, Homeland Security Investigations, and the FBI; (2) referral to federal prosecutors (usually the U.S. Attorney’s Office) for potential charges such as assault on a federal officer and related offenses; and, in parallel, (3) ICE removal (deportation) proceedings because he is a removable noncitizen. The exact sequencing and outcomes will depend on decisions by federal prosecutors and immigration authorities, which have not been detailed publicly.