何塞·特立尼达·罗哈斯·普列戈在被拘留数周后，于周三获得联邦法官下令释放，并被禁止驱逐出境[1]。罗哈斯·普列戈是7月7日休斯敦一起致命枪击事件的目击者，美国移民和海关执法局特工在该事件中射杀了货车司机洛伦佐·萨尔加多·阿劳霍[1]。
在法庭文件中，罗哈斯·普列戈对事件经过的描述与特朗普政府的说法产生分歧[1]。国土安全部声称萨尔加多·阿劳霍用车辆试图碾过一名ICE执法官员，特工因此出于自卫开枪[1]。然而，罗哈斯·普列戈和另一名乘客在法庭声明中称，特工当时站在货车两侧，从未出现在前面或后面[1]。
萨尔加多·阿劳霍终年52岁，在美国生活35年，无犯罪记录，当时接近获得合法身份，并有三个孩子[1]。这起枪击事件是特朗普大规模驱逐运动开始以来至少10起移民执法行动中的死亡事件之一[1]。罗哈斯·普列戈在美国生活数十年但无合法身份[1]。联邦检察官在罗哈斯·普列戈走出拘留中心时要求暂停其释放，待上诉期间进行[1]。
Jose Trinidad Rojas Priego, a witness to a deadly shooting by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, was released from immigration detention on Wednesday after weeks in custody [1]. Rojas Priego had witnessed the July 7 incident in Houston in which ICE agents fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a truck driver [1]. A federal judge ordered his release and banned his deportation after Rojas Priego disputed the Trump administration's account of the shooting in court filings [1].
The Department of Homeland Security claimed that Salgado Araujo, 52, "weaponized the vehicle in an attempt to run over an ICE enforcement official," prompting agents to fire in self-defense [1]. However, Rojas Priego and another passenger contradicted this account in court statements, asserting that agents were positioned on both sides of the truck and never in front or behind it [1]. Salgado Araujo had lived in the United States for 35 years with no criminal record and was close to obtaining legal status, leaving behind three children [1]. Rojas Priego himself has lived in the country for decades without legal authorization [1].
The shooting represents one of at least ten deaths occurring during immigration enforcement actions since the Trump administration's mass deportation campaign began [1]. Federal prosecutors requested that Rojas Priego's release be paused pending an appeal [1].