Say it loud at protests: Houstonians want ICE to stop killing people | Editorial 90%
By The Editorial Board97%
7/17/2026, 10:00:00 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 30 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Confirmation Bias, and Negativity Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 35.6% saturation with 218 hits. Analysis detected 1,871 faulty-reasoning hits from 612 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 83.2% and a BS Rank of 90% (2,192 of 20,498 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 89.30% of the article peer group.
If you attend one of the peaceful protests being held across Houston this weekend — and you should — you’re likely to see many different signs.
Join the Saturday march at City Hall or the Sunday 2 p.m. event at Ervan Chew Park and no doubt you’ll see banners proclaiming that Houston is a city of immigrants, that Houstonians stand with their undocumented neighbors, and even some calls to abolish ICE.
But in the broad coalition of Houstonians upset about Immigration and Customs Enforcement fatally shooting Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, there are plenty of perspectives that don’t fit easily onto an 18-by-24-inch protest sign.
There are those — like this editorial board — who believe this tragic death underscores the importance of Congress working quickly to provide greater oversight of ICE and finally pass robust immigration reform that secures the border, keeps out criminals and provides a path to legal residency for longtime Houstonians who have built their lives here.
There are some who would echo Mayor John Whitmire when he told CNN’s Kate Bolduan that he was “frustrated, sad and mad” about the pattern of death at the hands of ICE agents.
Whitmire said he supported a moratorium on immigration enforcement until ICE conducts a review of its practices and fits all of its agents with body-worn cameras
There are even Trump-supporting Republicans who look at this shooting and find themselves agreeing with Gov.
Greg Abbott, who drew a line at ICE agents spilling blood.
“I fully expect our immigration laws to be enforced, but it's proven that immigration laws can be enforced, and stopping illegal immigration from coming across our border can be achieved without shooting people," Abbott said Wednesday, while announcing that Texas Rangers would investigate Salgado’s death.
That’s a very broad coalition of views — Houstonians from across the political spectrum who have plenty of bitter disagreements, but they all want to see real reforms so that Houstonians aren’t killed in the street over a non-criminal violation of immigration law.
From street activists to the governor himself, we all want to see an end to the chaos and violence that ICE brought to our city.
Perhaps the only thing more astounding than the breadth of that agreement is the fact that far too many Americans aren’t part of it.
Notably missing is President Donald Trump himself.
Even after his administration announced a pause on dangerous vehicle stops, the president unilaterally called on ICE to continue its reckless practices that resulted in the deaths of Salgado and Joan Sebastian Guerrero in Maine.
“The men and women of ICE are doing a GREAT job,” he posted on social media.
Reading his words, we find ourselves agreeing with a sentiment the mayor shared on CNN.
“Where’s the compassion from the federal government?”
Whitmire said.
“Mr.
Araujo ought to be going to work this morning.”
To the president, however, that kind of basic humanity just makes Whitmire one of the “Radical Left Dumocrats.”
Of course, Houstonians know that’s not true.
We know there are moderates, MAGA voters and people who don’t fit neatly on any political spectrum who all agree that Salgado should be alive today.
That law enforcement is supposed to protect and serve.
That they’re supposed to be the good guys.
That they’re not supposed to kill someone after chasing them in unmarked vehicles in a scene that looks more like a carjacking than a law enforcement action.
More than anything, that’s what these protests are about.
That’s what we can all agree on.
Houstonians want ICE to stop killing people.
Put it on a protest sign.
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