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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Jul 13, 2026, 01:33 PM Yesterday

After a fatal shooting in Houston, ICE faces a familiar test of credibility

It has become an all-too-familiar pattern:

An immigration officer engaged in President Donald Trump's nationwide enforcement surge opens fire and injures or kills someone. Mere hours after the shooting and before the results of a conclusive investigation, administration officials publicly assert the officer was under attack and fired in self-defense.

But while there have indeed been many instances of immigration agents assaulted or threatened while carrying out their often-dangerous duties, certain narratives pushed by senior leaders in the immediate wake of high-profile incidents have crumbled in the face of evidence that came out over time.

That's why the recent incident involving Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52-year-old man shot and killed by an immigration officer in Houston on Tuesday, has garnered extreme scrutiny and skepticism over Immigration and Customs Enforcement's apparent rush to defend those involved.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/another-fatal-shooting-ice-faces-070025149.html

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After a fatal shooting in Houston, ICE faces a familiar test of credibility (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Yesterday OP
'indeed there have been many instances" Klarkashton Yesterday #1

Klarkashton

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1. 'indeed there have been many instances"
Mon Jul 13, 2026, 02:33 PM
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I don't ever remember seeing a single one, because if there were any we would have had them shoved down our throats endlessly

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