Texas GOP Leaders Stay Silent 3 Days After Fatal ICE Shooting in Houston

3 articles · Updated · The Texas Tribune · Jul 10

Three days after ICE agents fatally shot 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during a Houston traffic stop, most top Texas Republicans still had not commented or backed calls for an independent investigation.
ICE said an agent fired in self-defense after Salgado Araujo tried to run over an officer with his van, but three men who were inside disputed that account and said no officer was in the vehicle’s path.
Sylvia Garcia said ICE’s acting director told her Salgado Araujo was not the target of the operation, sharpening questions about DHS’s initial description and prompting Houston Democrats to demand outside investigators and release of evidence.
Ted Cruz said he trusts the federal probe, while Greg Abbott, Dan Patrick, Dustin Burrows and several Texas Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee had not responded publicly by Friday.
January’s fatal ICE shootings in Minneapolis drew quicker Republican calls for hearings and investigations, highlighting the muted response so far to the Houston case.