Houston.— The Texas state senator-elect, James Talarico, attended the community altar erected in Houston to pay tribute to Mexican migrant Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52, who was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent four months ago.
In his first public appearance since winning the legislative seat, Talarico placed his “I Voted” sticker on the monument as a gesture of tribute and commitment.
During the ceremony, the first Democratic lawmaker to win a seat since 1988 highlighted the worker’s legacy and delivered an emotional message: “Lorenzo Salgado lived in this country for 35 years. As a construction worker, he sent his three children to college. Lorenzo Salgado embodied the American Dream; he was a son of God endowed with infinite courage. Lorenzo, our fellow Texan, deserves justice, and that is exactly what I will fight for in the United States Senate.”
Talarico denounced that the deadly operation against the small-business owner revealed grave abuses of force, describing ICE’s tactics as those of a “secret police” that require immediate oversight and independent investigations to curb impunity.
