Houston Shooting Marks At Least The 8th Fatality In U.s. Immigration Sweeps

The fatal shooting of a Houston man by a national migration serviceman Tuesday marks astatine slightest nan eighth decease during nan Trump administration’s migration enforcement campaign, and nan first fatality amid a recently intensified push by nan management to transportation retired its wide deportations agenda.

Department of Homeland Security officials said successful a connection that Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national, ignored commands while trying to evade apprehension during an enforcement operation. They opportunity he attempted to ram his car into an agent, who opened occurrence successful self-defense.

Araujo’s family said he was connected his measurement to activity astatine a building job. He died connected nan measurement to nan hospital.

The fatal shooting drew contiguous disapproval from immigrants authorities groups and immoderate Democrats who called for an independent investigation and for each footage, connection and grounds to beryllium preserved.

Video footage successful respective erstwhile shootings has contradicted nan accounts of national officers. No migration officers person been charged successful those fatal encounters.

Man changeable during picnic travel postulation stop

A fatal late-night postulation extremity successful Texas successful March 2025 marked nan earliest deadly shooting by national officers during nan nationwide migration crackdown. It took almost a twelvemonth for records successful nan fatal shooting of nan 23-year-old U.S. national to beryllium disclosed.

A Homeland Security Investigations squad was conducting an migration enforcement cognition pinch section constabulary erstwhile agents stopped Ruben Ray Martinez, who was connected his measurement from San Antonio to South Padre Island. Family members said he had conscionable turned 23 and was pinch his champion friend connected his measurement to celebrate.

DHS officials said Martinez was told to exit nan vehicle, but he refused and alternatively “intentionally ran over” an agent. Another supplier fired shots done nan unfastened driver’s window, striking Martinez, who died astatine a hospital. The HSI supplier was treated for an undisclosed knee injury.

Martinez’s mother said she was contacted by investigators pinch nan Texas Rangers who told her location was video that contradicted nan relationship fixed by national agents. Federal and authorities authorities person declined to remark connected imaginable discrepancies.

Nurse changeable during Minneapolis protest

A Border Patrol serviceman changeable and killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse, during a Jan. 24 protestation against nan Metro Surge migration cognition successful Minneapolis.

Federal authorities instantly described Pretti, a U.S. citizen, arsenic an equipped agitator who was a threat to officers. But bystander video showed Pretti was connected nan crushed and had been holding a cellphone during nan relationship pinch officers.

The video showed an serviceman appearing to propulsion a weapon from Pretti’s waistband and measurement distant earlier nan first changeable was fired by different officer, followed by much shots. Pretti had a licence to person a firearm.

State and section officials pushed backmost against nan national officials’ first characterizations of Pretti, pinch Gov. Tim Walz calling nan comments “despicable.”

Driver changeable down nan instrumentality of an SUV

Renee Good, a U.S. citizen, was many times changeable by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement serviceman successful Minneapolis connected Jan. 7. Videos show she was turning nan wheels of her car distant from an officer, Jonathan Ross, erstwhile he opened fire. Trump management officials person many times defended Ross, claiming his life was astatine consequence from nan moving vehicle.

Good’s decease caused a firestorm crossed nan country. The U.S. Justice Department said it wouldn’t stock accusation connected nan shooting pinch authorities authorities.

State and section officials subsequently sued to effort to extremity nan migration sweeps. Protesters pinch whistles trailed officers who, successful response, deployed tear state and different chemic irritants.

Cook from Mexico changeable during a postulation stop

ICE agents fatally changeable Silverio Villegas González during a postulation extremity Sept. 12 successful suburban Chicago. Relatives said nan 38-year-old statement navigator from Mexico had dropped disconnected a kid astatine daycare that morning.

At nan time, DHS officials said agents were pursuing a man pinch a history of reckless driving who was successful nan state illegally. They alleged Villegas González evaded apprehension and dragged an serviceman pinch his vehicle.

Homeland Security said nan serviceman opened occurrence fearing for his life and was hospitalized pinch “serious injuries.” However, section constabulary videos showed nan supplier stepping astir and dismissing his injuries arsenic “nothing major.”

DHS has said nan decease remains nether investigation.

Farmworker fell from greenhouse tile during ICE raid

Authorities were arresting dozens of farmworkers July 10 astatine Glass House Farms successful Camarillo erstwhile Jaime Alanis fell from nan tile of a greenhouse and collapsed his neck. The 57-year-old laborer from Mexico died astatine a infirmary 2 days later.

Relatives said Alanis had spent a decade moving astatine nan farm. During nan raid, Alanis called family to opportunity he was hiding. Officials said he fell astir 30 feet from nan greenhouse roof.

Homeland Security said Alanis was ne'er successful custody and was not being chased by migration authorities.

Man struck connected California freeway aft moving from officers

A man fleeing from migration officers extracurricular a Home Depot shop successful Monrovia died aft being deed by an SUV arsenic he tried to transverse a freeway connected Aug. 14.

Monrovia constabulary said ICE agents were conducting enforcement operations erstwhile nan man was deed while moving crossed nan eastbound lanes of nan 210 Freeway.

The man, identified by nan National Day Laborer Organizing Network arsenic Carlos Roberto Montoya Valdez, 52, of Guatemala, died astatine a hospital.

Homeland Security said Montoya Valdez wasn’t being pursued by migration authorities erstwhile he ran.

Gardener from Honduras killed connected Virginia interstate

A pickup motortruck fatally struck Josué Castro Rivera connected a road successful Norfolk, Va., arsenic he tried to flight authorities during a postulation extremity connected Oct. 23.

Castro Rivera, 24, of Honduras, was heading to a farming occupation pinch 3 passengers erstwhile ICE officers pulled complete nan vehicle, according to his brother, Henry Castro.

State and national authorities said Castro Rivera ran distant connected ft and was deed by a pickup motortruck connected Interstate 264.

Homeland Security said Castro Rivera’s conveyance was stopped arsenic portion of a “targeted, intelligence-based” cognition and that Castro Rivera had “resisted heavy and fled.”

Bynum and Lauer constitute for nan Associated Press. Bynum reported from Savannah, Ga. Lauer reported from Philadelphia. AP reporters Ed White successful Detroit; Sophia Tareen successful Chicago; and Michael Biesecker successful Washington contributed to this report.