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Judge ordered ICE to release a key witness in a Houston fatal shooting
A federal judge said ICE violated Jose Trinidad Rojas Pliego’s due-process rights after detaining him as a witness to the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by an ICE officer.
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newsapnews.comJudge orders immigration officials to release key witness in Texas ICE shootingnewstexastribune.orgJudge orders release of witness to Houston ICE shootingofficialmenefee.house.govRep. Menefee Joins Congressional Leaders in Houston to Demand Answersofficialjustice.govU.S. Attorney Reitz statement on the shooting and death of Lorenzo Salgado