Mexican homebuilder is mourned after Houston ICE shooting
A Mexican homebuilder, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, was fatally shot by an ICE officer in Houston during a vehicle stop. The incident has sparked outrage and calls for an independent investigation into the conduct of federal agents.
Why it matters
The shooting has intensified the national debate regarding immigration enforcement tactics and the accountability of federal agencies.
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The builder got up every morning long before dawn, left home to pick up his construction crew and then headed out to work on yet another house somewhere across the sprawl of Houston.
Fourteen hours later, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo would return to the wife he’d met as a teenager in Mexico and the modest house he’d built for his family on the city’s east side.
It’s what he’d done for decades, according to Ronaldo Salgado, his oldest son. He said his father built hundreds of houses over 35 years, creating a life for his family and watching as his three sons headed off to college.
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