In this week’s episode, our hosts speak with Texas Tribune reporters Uriel J. García and Colleen DeGuzman about the unanswered questions and investigations in response to the death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.
Immigration
In-depth reporting on border issues, policies, communities, and the impact of immigration across the state, from The Texas Tribune.
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Houston ICE shooting strains already tense relations between U.S., Mexico
Mexico’s president said her government will file complaints and lawsuits over 17 deaths related to U.S. immigration enforcement.
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What we still don’t know about the ICE shooting in Houston
Federal agencies and investigators have offered limited information, prompting calls for outside scrutiny.
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Houston protesters call on feds to release more information, and witnesses, to Tuesday’s ICE killing
Protesters demanded feds release footage of the shooting and the three men who were in the van with Lorenzo Salgado Araujo before he was killed.
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Fatal Houston ICE shooting follows agency’s increased focus on street arrests
The risk of violent encounters rises when immigration enforcement shifts from picking up suspected criminals in jail to arresting people on the streets, experts say.
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Houston mayor vows local investigation into ICE shooting but says feds aren’t sharing information
“They control the scene, the deceased, the van, the witnesses. So yes, they control the investigation,” Mayor John Whitmire said.
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Days after fatal ICE shooting, Texas GOP leaders remain silent about calls for independent probes
Almost none of the state’s major Republican officials have weighed in on the killing of a Houston man by federal agents, and U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia of Houston said she had not spoken with Gov. Greg Abbott.
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Houston ICE shooting witnesses claim driver didn’t try to ram agents
The other men in the van with Lorenzo Salgado Araujo said agents fired into the vehicle unprovoked, according to a lawyer for two of the men.
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Immigrant killed by ICE was not target of operation, Congress member says
U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia of Houston said ICE’s acting director told her that agents were not wearing body cameras and promised that they would start soon.
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Politics
Historic Rio Grande Valley church saved from being cut off behind border wall
The wall would have blocked parishioners from reaching La Lomita chapel. A state representative has put a stop to those plans.
