{"id":364201,"date":"2026-07-10T19:36:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T14:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=364201"},"modified":"2026-07-10T19:36:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T14:06:29","slug":"man-killed-in-houston-ice-shooting-was-not-goal-lawmaker-says-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/07\/10\/man-killed-in-houston-ice-shooting-was-not-goal-lawmaker-says-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Man killed in Houston ICE shooting was not goal, lawmaker says – National"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Mexican man living within the U.S. who was\u00a0fatally shot\u00a0by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was not the person federal authorities had been targeting in a Houston operation, U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia said Thursday.<\/p>\n

The Democratic congresswoman, whose district includes the Houston neighborhood where the shooting occurred, said acting ICE Director David Venturella told her the agency has confirmed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo \u201cwas not a goal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Salgado Araujo was a homebuilder who had lived within the U.S. for greater than 35 years, had no criminal record and was near ending the long means of obtaining legal status when he was killed early Tuesday morning, in keeping with his family.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got to do something. That is just another death too many,\u201d Garcia said in an interview with MS Now. \u201cAnd if we\u2019ve got to bring outside, independent folks to are available and have a look at it, we must always try this.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security didn’t immediately return an email looking for comment late Thursday.<\/p>\n

DHS, which oversees ICE, previously said that federal officers were conducting a targeted operation to arrest an individual within the country without legal status once they attempted to stop a vehicle driven by Salgado Araujo. The agency has said Salgado Araujo rammed an ICE vehicle and that a federal officer fired a weapon in self-defense.<\/p>\n

Asked whether ICE agents had been specifically targeting Salgado Araujo, DHS said earlier Thursday that officers had been surveilling a property where they’d previously observed two white vans.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOn July 7, officers were almost on the goal\u2019s address once they observed a white van with a person who resembled the goal. Officers then initiated the vehicle stop,\u201d the department said.<\/p>\n

The federal agents weren\u2019t wearing body-worn cameras, DHS said, and few photos or videos surrounding the shooting have emerged publicly in the times because the encounter, unlike\u00a0other deaths\u00a0involving federal immigration officers.<\/p>\n

In a press release, DHS said the agents on the scene in Houston had not yet been issued body cameras, which it blamed on Democrats and\u00a0a record government shutdown\u00a0that was fueled by President Donald Trump\u2019s\u00a0immigration crackdown.<\/p>\n

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U.S. Rep. Christian Menefee, a Democrat who also represents Houston, said if the agents didn\u2019t have the devices, it was because Trump and Republican lawmakers didn’t want them to be carrying them.<\/p>\n

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