Lorenzo Salgado Araujo: After his fatal shooting in Houston, ICE faces a familiar test of credibility

It has become an all-too-familiar pattern: An immigration officer engaged in President Donald Trump’s nationwide enforcement surge opens fire and injures or kills someone. Mere hours after the shooting and before the results of a conclusive investigation, administration officials publicly assert the officer was under attack and fired in self-defense. But while there have indeed been many instances of immigration agents assaulted or threatened while carrying out their often-dangerous duties, certain narratives pushed by senior leaders in the immediate wake of high-profile incidents have crumbled in the face of evidence that came out over time. That’s why the recent incident involving Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52-year-old man shot and killed by an immigration officer in Houston on Tuesday, has garnered extreme scrutiny and skepticism over Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s apparent rush to defend those involved.