Man fatally shot by ICE is mourned at vigil: ‘dedicated to the American dream’

Photographs of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo on display at a vigil at SEIU Texas on 11 July in Houston, Texas. Photograph: Danielle Villasana/Getty Images View image in fullscreen Photographs of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo on display at a vigil at SEIU Texas on 11 July in Houston, Texas. Photograph: Danielle Villasana/Getty Images Man fatally shot by ICE is mourned at vigil: ‘dedicated to the American dream’ Congressman says Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s ‘blood is on Trump’s hands’ after federal agents killed Texas builder The builder got up every morning long before dawn, left home to pick up his construction crew and then headed out to work on yet another house somewhere across the sprawl of Houston . Fourteen hours later, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo would return to the wife he’d met as a teenager in Mexico and the modest house he’d built for his family on the city’s east side. It’s what he’d done for decades, according to Ronaldo Salgado, his oldest son. He said his father built hundreds of houses over 35 years, creating a life for his family and watching as his three sons headed off to college. Man who was killed by ICE in Texas never ‘weaponized’ his vehicle, witnesses say Read more A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) officer fatally shot Salgado Araujo, 52, on Tuesday after he was pursued by federal agents driving unmarked vehicles while he was taking his crew to their latest job site. The shooting has outraged Houston leaders and renewed public scrutiny over ICE and Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Four Democratic members of Congress who represent the Houston area said at a vigil on Saturday that they would push for an independent investigation into the shooting. “We are never going to forget that his blood is on Donald Trump’s hands,” Christian Menefee, a US representative, said. “We are not at war. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was not a casualty. He was a human being who was murdered by our government.” Federal agents were looking for someone else when they tried to stop Salgado Araujo’s white van, Democratic congresswoman Sylvia Garcia said, citing a briefing she received from ICE’s acting director. The Department of Homeland Security has said an ICE officer fired at the van in self-defense after Salgado Araujo, who officials described as an “illegal alien”, rammed an ICE vehicle. They have provided no evidence . View image in fullscreen Christian Menefee speaks during a vigil for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo as Representatives Sylvia Garcia and Al Green look on in Houston, Texas, on Saturday. Photograph: Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle/AP The three men that Salgado Araujo was driving said he was shot through a passenger window – and that the ICE officer who fired was not in front of the van or even in danger, a lawyer who has spoken with them said on Friday. His family has also disputed the account from ICE. They said lawyers, who were helping him apply for a work permit, had explained how he should behave if immigration agents stopped him. Salga