Judge bars deportation of witness in fatal ICE shooting of Mexican homebuilder
The order bars deportation and transfer while Jose Trinidad Rojas Pliego’s petition seeks release from ICE detention after the July 7 shooting.
- On Monday, U.S. District Judge Keith Ellison ordered the Department of Homeland Security to halt the deportation of Jose Trinidad Rojas Pliego, a witness to the fatal July 7 shooting of Lorenzo Araujo Salgado in Houston.
- The July 7 shooting involving an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer prompted passengers Daniel Tirado Pantoja and Victor Hugo Salgado Araujo to join Rojas Pliego in filing petitions seeking release from detention.
- Attorneys for the witnesses are pursuing U visas while disputing FBI claims of illicit substances, asserting the bags contained salt mixtures used for hydration during manual labor.
- Under the directive, the Department of Homeland Security cannot transfer Rojas Pliego out of the Southern District of Texas while his petition is pending; the agency confirmed it will comply.
- Mexico's government plans to file complaints regarding 17 deaths related to U.S. immigration enforcement, while protests continue to demand an independent investigation into the fatal Houston event.
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A federal judge has temporarily banned the deportation of one of the key witnesses in the case of Mexican Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who died from shots fired by an immigration agent in Houston, Texas, on July 7.
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Judge Temporarily Blocks Deportation of Key Witness in Fatal Houston ICE Shooting
A federal judge has temporarily barred the Trump administration from deporting one of the key witnesses to the fatal shooting of a Mexican construction worker by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Houston, ensuring the man remains available as multiple investigations into the incident continue.
A federal judge temporarily stopped the deportation of José Trinidad Rojas Pliego, a witness to the ICE operation where Lorenzo Salgado died in Houston
Judge blocks ICE's bid to quickly deport witnesses of fatal Houston shooting
A federal judge blocked Immigration and Customs Enforcement's attempt to hastily deport witnesses of a fatal shooting in Houston, according to reports Tuesday.U.S. District Judge Keith Ellison issued an order on Monday blocking the deportation of Jose Trinidad Rojas Pliego and ordered ICE agents to ...
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