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Demonstrators march through downtown Houston toward the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center during a protest following the shooting death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.<\/p>\n
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The brother of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo<\/a> has been ordered to appear before an immigration judge where he will likely be placed in removal proceedings to deport him to Mexico, his attorney told the Houston Chronicle Monday.<\/p>\n Victor Salgado has been detained at the Montgomery Processing Center in Conroe since Tuesday, the day an ICE agent fatally wounded his brother<\/a> during what was initially called a \u201ctargeted enforcement\u201d operation, but has since been confirmed as a case of mistaken identity.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n MORE COVERAGE: Houston man killed by ICE agent was not initial target, Rep. Sylvia Garcia says<\/a><\/p>\n Houston immigration attorney Ruby Powers said Victor Salgado\u2019s hearing will be in the next few weeks. Powers spoke with Salgado on Saturday at the detention center.<\/p>\n Immigrants in federal custody generally receive a court order, officially called a notice to appear,<\/a> once they are detained, Powers said. Her client\u2019s case, however, is not a run-of-the-mill deportation matter.<\/p>\n Salgado and two other passengers in the van \u2014 Jose Trinidad\u00a0Rojas and Daniel Tirado Pantoja \u2014 are considered key witnesses as local and federal authorities investigate whether deadly force was justified when Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents confronted the construction workers.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n \u201cThere are normal circumstances, and then there’s what’s going on here,\u201d she said. \u201cIn this situation, we are pursuing all possibilities that we can imagine to have a release as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n