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The builder got up every morning long before dawn, left home to pick up his construction crew and then headed out to work on yet another house somewhere across the sprawl of Houston.<\/p>\n

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Fourteen hours later, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo would return to the wife he\u2019d met as a teenager in Mexico and the modest house he\u2019d built for his family on the city\u2019s east side.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s what he\u2019d done for decades, according to Ronaldo Salgado, his oldest son. He said his father built hundreds of houses over 35 years, creating a life for his family and watching as his three sons headed off to college.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot Salgado Araujo, 52, after he was pursued by federal agents driving unmarked vehicles while he was taking his crew to their latest job site. The shooting has outraged Houston leaders and renewed public scrutiny over ICE and Trump\u2019s immigration crackdown. <\/p>\n

Four Democratic members of Congress who represent the Houston area said at a vigil Saturday that they would push for an independent investigation into the shooting.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are never going to forget that his blood is on Donald Trump\u2019s hands,\u201d Rep. Christian Menefee said. \u201cWe are not at war. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was not a casualty. He was a human being who was murdered by our government.\u201d<\/p>\n

Salgado Araujo was not the target of ICE\u2019s operation<\/h3>\n

Federal agents were looking for someone else when they tried to stop Salgado Araujo\u2019s white van, Garcia said, citing a briefing she receiving from ICE\u2019s acting director. The Department of Homeland Security has said an ICE officer fired at the van in self-defense after Salgado Araujo, who officials described as an \u201cillegal alien,\u201d rammed an ICE vehicle. They have provided no evidence.<\/p>\n

The three men that Salgado Araujo was driving said he was shot through a passenger window and that the ICE officer who fired was not in front of the van or even in danger, a lawyer who has spoken with them said Friday.<\/p>\n

His family has also disputed the account from ICE. They said lawyers, who were helping him apply for a work permit, had explained how he should behave if immigration agents stopped him. Salgado Araujo was close to obtaining legal status when he was killed, they said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe knew what to do,\u201d Ronaldo Salgado told reporters this week. \u201cHe knew not to sign anything. He knew that the first phone call he should make should be either to myself or to my mom. So that way we can get the process started of getting him out.\u201d<\/p>\n

He believes his father may have been scared that he was being followed by unmarked vehicles, worried someone was planning to steal his van or his tools. <\/p>\n

The shooting in the heavily Hispanic neighborhood is at least the eighth death during the Trump administration\u2019s immigration enforcement campaign.<\/p>\n

A kind, present husband and father<\/h3>\n

Salgado Araujo entered the U.S. more than 30 years ago, settling in Houston with his wife where they raised their three children. <\/p>\n

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Education was a constant focus in the house, said Ronaldo Salgado, who is now a teacher. One of his brothers is an engineer. The other is in college studying engineering.<\/p>\n

Several childhood friends of Salgado recalled that his father was kind and soft-spoken, always inquiring about his wife\u2019s day and how his sons\u2019 friends were doing after a long day at work.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t really see him until the end of the day when he came home to have dinner, but that just shows how much of a hard worker he was,\u201d said neighbor Jessica Alanis Magdaleno. \u201cEverything they have now is thanks to the dedication to that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Josu\u00e9 Flores, a friend of Ronaldo Salgado since their freshman year of high school, said he first saw Lorenzo Salgado Araujo at his son\u2019s football game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it speaks volumes of the kind of person that he was,\u201d Flores said, recalling how Salgado Araujo showed up for his son even after an arduous day of work.<\/p>\n

Salgado Araujo\u2019s wife, a relative said, is \u201cinconsolable.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is very upset\u2026 angry, sad, disoriented,\u201d Jose Torres Ramon, a nephew who lives in Mexico, told The Associated Press in a Facebook message.<\/p>\n

Ronald Salgado, his oldest son, said at the Saturday vigil that he hoped he was making his father proud.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll keep fighting for him,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

His brother Lorenzo Salgado Jr. said the shooting of his father was \u201ca hard moment to be an American.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEven though my government, my federal government took away my father, we the people will bring justice,\u201d he said. \u201cWe the people are America.\u201d<\/p>\n

After coming home in the evening, Salgado Araujo liked to listen to music on the porch and pet the family dog. His family has described him as a simple man of routine.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe did not deserve to die,\u201d Ronaldo Salgado said. \u201cHe dedicated his life in the United States to giving his family the American dream.\u201d<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

Associated Press reporters Jack Brook in New Orleans, Valerie Gonzalez in McAllen, Texas, and Scott Bauer in Madison, Wisconsin, contributed.<\/p>\n

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