ICE Shoots Unauthorized Migrant Who Had Been in US for 35 Years

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52-year-old unauthorized migrant from Mexico who reportedly lived in the US for the past 35 years, was shot and killed by ICE agents Tuesday morning in Houston.

The Details: Araujo was pulled over by agents who sought to arrest him for his lack of sufficient legal status. ICE said Araujo attempted to flee, ignored commands from officers, rammed into an ICE vehicle, and tried to run over an ICE agent. The agent then fired what the agency called self-defense shots. Araujo died from his wounds later at a hospital. An ICE spokesperson said the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI are both investigating the incident.

Background: Araujo was a father of three who worked in construction and owned his own business, according to his son, Ronaldo Salgado. Salgado said he learned of the shooting via a video posted on Facebook.

How The Media Covered It: As of Thursday morning, the story was widely covered by the left. From the right, AllSides only found coverage from The Epoch Times (Lean Right bias) and Washington Examiner (Lean Right).

From the Left: Outlets from the left often showed emotionalism in their coverage, deeply humanizing Araujo. CNN (Lean Left) opened by writing:

For the last 35 years, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's day began the same way: He woke up at 5 a.m., kissed his wife goodbye, loaded his work van and drove off to pick up his construction crew for work in Houston, his family said.

But on Tuesday, Salgado Araujo's day would not end as it always did. He would not come home to eat a hearty dinner prepared by his wife, then spend the rest of the evening on the porch listening to music in the house he had built for his family.

From the Right: The Epoch Times offered a very different framing in its opening lines:

Federal immigration authorities said a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer fatally shot an illegal alien from Mexico during a targeted enforcement operation in Houston on Tuesday after the man used his vehicle to try to run over an agent.

Officers attempted to stop a vehicle driven by Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, whom the agency identified as an illegal immigrant from Mexico, as part of an operation to make an arrest.

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