Al Green calls the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo unjustified
U.S. representative for Texas’s 9th congressional district
“That is because the President of the United States, Donald John Trump, is covering up unjustified killings of civilians, including Renee Good, Alex Pretti, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, and Johan Sebastian Duran Guerrero.”
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Official Congressional Record of Green’s House floor remarks. He included Salgado Araujo among civilians whose killings he expressly called unjustified and later said Salgado Araujo did not deserve his death.
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In House floor remarks on immigration enforcement deaths, Green said he was speaking against injustice associated with killings by ICE and CBP.
After the quotation
He later said Salgado Araujo did not deserve the death imposed on him and called the case an injustice requiring accountability.
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Case context: Was ICE justified in fatally shooting Lorenzo Salgado Araujo?
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Why this label?
Relative to the fatal use of force against Salgado Araujo, Green expressly identifies the killing as unjustified. That is direct condemnation.
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- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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