State Sen. Roland Gutierrez, D-San Antonio, despatched a letter late final week to the Texas Division of Public Security (DPS) demanding it element the extent of its involvement in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent’s deadly taking pictures of a Houston man.
An ICE agent fired on Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52-year-old father of three final week whereas the Mexican nationwide was on his strategy to work. Salgado Araujo’s loss of life, which ignited road protests in Houston and requires an impartial investigation, is not less than the eighth fatality tied to the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration enforcement efforts.
Gutierrez’s letter questions the position DPS performed in facilitating Araujo’s loss of life.
“ICE is a rogue company that has discovered a collaborator in DPS, whose status remains to be stained with the blood of the Uvalde bloodbath,” Gutierrez stated in a press release. “It’s deeply troubling that Texas legislation enforcement sources are being abused to seek out hardworking folks as a substitute of hardened criminals.”
The senator, whose district contains Uvalde, fired off his letter after the Division of Homeland Safety confirmed that Salgado Araujo wasn’t the goal of ICE’s operation. The company claims to have obtained a tip from an unspecified legislation enforcement company that led brokers to surveil a Houston residence and subsequently comply with Salgado Araujo’s work van.
Whereas DHS officers alleged that the Houston father tried to run over an ICE officer together with his car, these touring within the van with Araujo dispute that declare. The nationwide uproar surrounding the incident has introduced new scrutiny to cooperation between ICE and state and native legislation enforcement companies.
Texas state legislation mandates DPS should cooperate with ICE. In his letter, Gutierrez stated he needs to see the Texas Legislature examine that collaboration.
“The cruelty presently unleashed by Trump’s ICE has been enabled and abetted by this governor, who doesn’t care concerning the security of the folks of this state,” Gutierrez wrote. “When the legislature reconvenes in January, we’re going to have a tough have a look at the collaboration between DPS and ICE, and examine the horrific circumstances of household detention facilities.”
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