美国得州休斯顿联邦法官基思·艾利森周一下令移民部门在48小时内释放关键证人何塞·特立尼达·罗哈斯·普列戈[1]。罗哈斯·普列戈曾是今年7月7日一起ICE枪击事件的目击者，当时墨西哥建筑工人洛伦佐·阿劳霍·萨尔加多在一辆面包车内遭ICE官员射杀[1]。法官认定罗哈斯·普列戈的羁押违反了第五修正案的正当程序权利，并同意了其驱逐阻止申请[1]。
被害人阿劳霍现年52岁，在美国生活35年，育有三个孩子[1]。关于枪击事件的起因，美国国土安全部声称被害人"用车辆武装化试图碾压ICE执法官员"[1]，但罗哈斯·普列戈对此予以否认，称政府的说法"是谎言"，并指官员位于面包车两侧，从未在前后[1]。罗哈斯·普列戈目前有待处理的U签证申请，该类签证提供四年工作许可、驱逐保护和绿卡途径[1]。据报道，至少10人在特朗普大规模驱逐运动开始以来的移民执法行动中丧生[1]。
A federal judge in Houston, Texas has ordered immigration officials to release Jose Trinidad Rojas Priego within 48 hours, finding that his continued detention violated Fifth Amendment due process rights [1]. Rojas Priego is a key witness in a shooting that occurred on July 7, in which U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents shot and killed Lorenzo Araujo Salgado, a 52-year-old Mexican construction worker who had lived in the United States for 35 years and had three children [1]. The judge's order also grants Rojas Priego's previous request to block his deportation [1].
The shooting has become a point of contention regarding the justification for use of force. The Department of Homeland Security claimed that the victim "armed the vehicle in an attempt to run over ICE enforcement officers," but Rojas Priego, who was in the van at the time, contradicted this account, stating that the government's characterization "is a lie" and that officers were positioned on both sides of the vehicle rather than in front of or behind it [1]. Rojas Priego holds a pending U visa application, which provides four years of work authorization, protection from deportation, and a pathway to permanent residency [1]. The incident is among at least 10 deaths that have occurred in immigration enforcement operations since the start of a large-scale deportation campaign [1].