Judge blocks deportation of Houston ICE shooting witness as petitions move forward
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A federal judge ordered DHS not to deport Jose Trinidad Rojas Pliego, a passenger in Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s van, while his habeas petition seeks release from ICE detention after the July 7 Houston shooting; the order also bars transferring him outside the Southern District of Texas without the court’s permission, and two other passengers have filed similar petitions as ICE says it will comply.
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