More than a thousand protesters chanting “ICE out of Houston” marched on Wednesday near the spot where a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a man driving to work, the latest in a spate of lethal encounters from increasing deportation raids nationwide.
The demonstrators, many waving Mexican flags and carrying signs that read, “Stand with immigrants,” and “ICE Melts in Texas,” also echoed mounting demands for an independent inquiry into Tuesday’s shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52, a Mexican national living in the US illegally for three decades.
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A contingent of police officers, some on horseback with helmets and riot gear, closed off surrounding streets to traffic and moved around the perimeter of the demonstration, which was boisterous but peaceful.
“I feel devastated not only for Lorenzo, but for his family and all of us because it could have been any of us, honestly,” 18-year-old student Ana Daniela told Reuters.
