Sons of Man Shot and Killed by ICE in Houston Demand Accountability at Congressional Hearing
Two sons of a man shot by immigration officers in Houston testified at a congressional hearing Friday, describing the horror and confusion of learning their father had been killed and demanding a transparent investigation into how he died and why. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was killed July 7 when Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers chased his white work van through the streets, then shot him through the window in front of his work crew, including his brother. Salgado Araujo’s sons read from prepared remarks at a Houston hearing with Democratic members of Congress. The sons’ voices often choked with emotion as they described their father as a humble and hardworking family man. He lived without legal status in the U.S. for 35 years, ran a homebuilding business and had never been in trouble with the law. “He didn’t need anybody to know his name,” Lorenzo Salgado Araujo Jr. told the hearing, held by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. “He worked hard to protect and provide for our family, to put me and my siblings through college. He …
