{"id":401295,"date":"2026-08-08T17:28:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/401295\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:28:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:28:16","slug":"lulac-holds-rally-and-vigil-as-immigration-enforcement-debate-rages-on-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/401295\/","title":{"rendered":"LULAC holds rally and vigil as immigration enforcement debate rages on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN ANTONIO &#8211; As immigration enforcement remains at the center of a national debate, local advocates took their message to the streets with a rally near downtown San Antonio calling for an end to ICE-related shootings.<\/p>\n<p>The demonstration, hosted by the League of United Latin American Citizens, or LULAC, was held at La Trinidad United Methodist Church and began with a prayer for those who have died. \u201cRest now in the arms of god,\u201d one prayer said.<\/p>\n<p>The rally comes one month after Mexican national Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot by ICE agents in Houston. The Department of Homeland Security said officers fired in self-defense after Salgado Araujo allegedly rammed an ICE vehicle. A passenger in the vehicle disputes DHS\u2019 account of what happened.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED | <a href=\"https:\/\/news4sanantonio.com\/news\/local\/rep-castro-call-for-release-of-9-year-old-girl-and-father-from-ice-custody-after-dps-stop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rep. Castro call for release of 9-year-old girl and father from ICE custody after DPS stop<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many at the rally, including LULAC, are calling on ICE to release body camera footage of the shooting and to provide full transparency as the investigation continues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a shame of what this admin is doing., The Mexican American community has built an economy bigger than most in countries across the world,\u201d one speaker said.<\/p>\n<p>Advocates also pointed to a case with local ties: the death of Ruben Ray Martinez in South Padre last year. Martinez, a 23-year-old San Antonio man, was visiting with a friend during spring break in March 2025.<\/p>\n<p>DHS said an agent opened fire after Martinez\u2019s car allegedly struck an officer who was directing traffic near the scene of another crash.<\/p>\n<p>In an exclusive interview with FOX SA this week, Martinez\u2019s mother said she remains heartbroken.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe didn\u2019t have to do that. It could have been handled another way&#8230; Ruben did not deserve to die&#8230; Ruben was not a threat that night&#8230; He was never a threat to anyone,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>A Cameron County grand jury later declined to indict the Homeland Security Investigations agent involved in the shooting. It took nearly a year for officials to release the body camera video from that night, a delay that LULAC and other organizations said underscores the need for greater transparency.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers said they are planning to hold another rally next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO &#8211; As immigration enforcement remains at the center of a national debate, local advocates took their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":400965,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-401295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}