Family to hold a vigil for man fatally shot by immigration officer in Houston
The certifications let the men formally seek visas that can shield crime witnesses from deportation while the case is investigated, attorneys said.
- Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare certified U visa requests for three men detained following a fatal ICE shooting on July 7 involving driver Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.
- The three passengers—Jose Trinidad Rojas, Daniel Tirado Pantoja, and Victor Salgado—remain detained by ICE, which claims agents fired in self-defense after the van rammed their vehicle.
- Attorneys Hugo Balderas-Ibarra and Ruby Powers dispute the government's account, citing sworn statements that no agent was in danger and shots were fired from the sides of the vehicle.
- Certification serves as the first step toward applying for U visas, which protect crime witnesses from deportation and allow them to remain in the country to assist investigations.
- This case follows a similar fatal shooting by an ICE agent in Maine last week, prompting renewed scrutiny of enforcement tactics as the Texas Rangers and federal officials investigate the Houston incident.
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Family to hold a vigil for man fatally shot by immigration officer in Houston
The family of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a man fatally shot by a federal immigration agent in Houston, is holding a public vigil for him. It's being held Thursday evening.
Victor Salgado was traveling as a co-driver in the van his brother Lorenzo Salgado was driving on July 7, the day the latter died during ICE-led shooting. Lorenzo Salgado's brother is unique that he can confirm or deny what was said by the American authorities; however, he is in detention. Victor Salgado, an unknown age, is in a detention center in Conroe, so he has not been able to participate in the investigation. Ruby Powers, his lawyer, is t…
Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare certified as material witnesses the three men who were traveling in the Mexican Lorenzo Salgado Araujo truck when an Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE) agent shot and killed him yesterday, reported The Houston Chronicle.
The three witnesses to Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s death seek a visa to protect them from deportation
The district attorney in the county where the Mexican immigrant was shot by ICE has approved certifying them as ‘material witnesses,’ a requirement for the U visa petition
Detained men who witnessed fatal ICE shooting seek special visas to prevent deportation, attorneys say
According to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, a U visa or U nonimmigrant status, is for victims of crimes who may be “helpful to law enforcement or government officials” in an investigation.
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