The Mexican government is threatening consequences against the United States after an ICE agent shot and killed an illegal migrant who tried to run him over—and the silence from Washington is deafening.
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national in the country illegally, was fatally shot in Houston on July 7 after he rammed his vehicle into an ICE law enforcement vehicle and attempted to run over an officer, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Mexico's response wasn't to acknowledge that their citizen attacked a federal officer—it was to vow that the United States will pay. NewsBreak reported that the Mexican government declared the US would face consequences for the shooting.
The details are straightforward enough. ICE officers were conducting surveillance on a target's address based on a credible tip. They spotted a white van with someone who resembled the suspect and initiated a traffic stop. It turned out to be the wrong guy—Salgado Araujo wasn't the intended target. But instead of complying, he refused verbal commands, rammed an ICE vehicle, and weaponized his car against an officer, DHS stated. The officer fired in self-defense.
The New York Post reported that officers were not wearing body cameras during the incident, and DHS's Inspector General's Office is investigating, as is the Harris County District Attorney's office.
So let's get this straight. A man in the country illegally tries to kill a federal law enforcement officer with his car, the officer defends himself, and a foreign government threatens our country over it. Where is the Biden administration? Where is the statement that American sovereignty isn't negotiable?
Instead of defending the agent, Democrats are lining up to defend the man who tried to run him over. The Gateway Pundit reported that Rep. Al Green held a press conference declaring that Salgado Araujo "belongs to the Constitution" and that Americans have a "duty" and "obligation" to bring justice to his cause. Green couldn't even get the man's name right—pausing mid-sentence to look down at his notes before saying "Arajo belongs to us."
The Post noted that Salgado Araujo's family described him as a father of three who had lived in the US for 35 years and was close to obtaining legal status. That may be so. It doesn't change what happened during that traffic stop. A man used a two-ton vehicle as a weapon against a federal officer. The officer had every right to go home alive.
The real scandal here isn't the shooting. It's that a foreign government feels entitled to dictate how the United States enforces its laws at its own border, and no one in power will say the obvious: Mexico doesn't get a vote. American border enforcement is American business. The fact that Mexico thinks it can make threats—and that Washington sits quietly—tells you everything about who the establishment thinks actually runs this country.
The open question is whether any elected official will stand up and say it.
