一名长期在美国无合法身份生活的墨西哥裔工人Lorenzo Salgado Araujo于2024年7月7日在休斯顿被美国移民和海关执法局（ICE）警官射杀 [1]。Salgado Araujo在美国生活了35年 [1]。
在国会听证会上，其两个儿子作证要求对父亲的死亡进行透明调查和问责 [1]。Salgado Araujo之子表示，他是通过Facebook视频才得知父亲被射杀的消息 [1]，距离事件发生已过去17天时才进行了这场听证会 [1]。
关于事件的细节，各方说法存在严重分歧。美国国土安全部（DHS）声称Salgado Araujo用货车撞击警车，"以货车作为武器试图轧过一名ICE执法官员" [1]。但至少两名车内乘客否认了这一说法，称当时警官位于车辆两侧，并不处于被轧过的危险 [1]。
哈里斯县地区检察官Sean Teare表示，DHS忽视了他关于证据和开枪警官身份的多项信息请求 [1]。此外，联邦调查局在货车内发现小袋白色物质，声称为冰毒，但Teare指出该物质的测试结果为非毒品 [1]。
车内的所有三名乘客均已被逮捕，目前仍在移民拘留中 [1]。民主党代表Sylvia Garcia表示已向DHS和ICE发送多封信件要求说明，但未收到任何回复 [1]。
The sons of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo testified before a congressional hearing demanding transparency and accountability following their father's death at the hands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers [1]. Salgado Araujo, a Mexican immigrant who had lived in the United States without legal status for 35 years, was shot and killed by ICE agents in Houston on July 7, 2024 [1].
The circumstances surrounding the shooting remain contested [1]. The Department of Homeland Security claimed that Salgado Araujo used his truck as a weapon in an attempt to strike an ICE enforcement officer [1]. However, at least two passengers present in the vehicle at the time contradicted this account, stating that the officer was positioned at the side of the truck and was not in danger of being struck [1].
Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare said DHS had ignored his requests for information about evidence and the identity of the officer who fired the shots [1]. Additionally, the FBI discovered small bags of a white substance inside the truck that authorities claimed was methamphetamine, but Teare stated that testing revealed the substance was not a controlled drug [1]. All three passengers in the vehicle were arrested and remain in immigration detention [1].
One of Salgado Araujo's sons learned of his father's death through a Facebook video [1]. The congressional hearing took place 17 days after the shooting [1]. Democratic Representative Sylvia Garcia noted that she had sent multiple letters to DHS and ICE seeking information but had received no response [1].