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Judge Orders Release of ICE Shooting Witness | Raleigh News
A federal judge has ordered the immediate release of Jose Trinidad Rojas Pliego, a key witness in a deadly ICE shooting, ruling his prolonged detention without bond was unconstitutional. Held since July 7th — when officers fatally shot driver Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during a traffic stop — Rojas Pliego, a longtime U.S. resident with citizen children and no criminal record, was deemed unlawfully jailed. ICE maintains the shooting was self-defense, but the judge’s order demands Rojas Pliego be freed within 48 hours, spotlighting urgent flaws in immigration witness protections and detention…
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