The Texas Democratic Party called for an “independent and transparent” investigation into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who fatally shot an illegal immigrant in Houston. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo,

Claudia Sheinbaum pledged Wednesday to respond to the killing that has dominated headlines and stirred outrage in Mexico.

An ICE agent gunned down an illegal immigrant after the man attempted to run agents over during a traffic stop in Texas on Thursday, the agency said. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national, was shot and killed by officers in Houston after he had been caught up in an operation the agency had been conducting in the city,

The agency has doubled its daily arrest numbers without the fanfare of last year’s large urban operations, sowing fear in immigrant communities.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 10,000 people over a five-day period at the end of June, marking a major push by the agency tasked with carrying o

Immigrant attorneys and advocates report a recent uptick of arrests at routine check-ins, and criminal courthouses.

The recent numbers were part of a “new normal” that ICE hopes to maintain, a source familiar with the arrest operations told NBC News.

By Ted Hesson, Kristina Cooke and Maria Tsvetkova WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters) - A Vietnamese man with cardiovascular problems collapsed and died in the “Speedway Slammer,” the repurposed Indiana maximum-security prison that’s become a symbol of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.