Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's sons described their father as a private man. But after his public killing by an ICE agent last week, the family will host a viewing Thursday for the public to pay their respects to a man who devoted his life to his family.

What they're saying: Federal officials called Salgado Araujo, 52, "an illegal alien from Mexico" in the statement announcing his death. His eldest son, Ronaldo Salgado, said his father was "a simple man, a family man" — a devoted husband, father and construction worker with no criminal history who "dedicated his life in the United States to giving his family the American dream."

• "He just wanted to go to work and come back to us," Ronaldo Salgado said at a press conference. "He wanted nothing else in life but to provide for his wife and see his sons become great people."
• Salgado Araujo, alongside his wife of 40 years, raised three sons: a teacher, an engineer and a student in college studying engineering as well.

Salgado Araujo enjoyed music and soccer. He lived in the U.S. for nearly 35 years and built a home in the East End.

On his last morning, Ronaldo Salgado said his parents woke around 5. His mother packed his father's lunch and coffee. By 5:50am, he hugged and kissed his wife goodbye, patted the family dog and drove off to pick up his crew.

• Less than an hour later, Salgado Araujo had been fatally shot by an ICE agent in an unmarked vehicle during an enforcement operation. He was not the target of the operation, and the agents involved were not wearing body cameras, per DHS. The agency said the shooting was in self-defense, but the three passengers in the van dispute that.

A week after his father's death, Ronaldo Salgado wrote on social media, "I really really miss him. He deserved to grow old and meet his grandkids. He deserved to age alongside mom ... Te quiero mucho, apa."

If you go: The public viewing will be held 5-9pm at the Great Chapel at Forest Park Lawndale. The family has asked attendees to wear blue and leave their phones in their cars.

• The funeral will be private among family and close friends.

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President Trump said ICE should continue using traffic stops to arrest immigrants after a recent directive suspended the tactic after two fatal shootings in Texas and Maine within a week.

The big picture: Trump wrote in a Truth Social post yesterday, "we CANNOT give up one of I.C.E.'s most important and effective Crime Fighting tools, THE TRAFFIC STOP!"

Catch up quick: The Department of Homeland Security had directed ICE to halt vehicle stops until further notice, according to a memo obtained by Fox News. A White House official confirmed the memo to Axios.

• "Effective immediately, all ERO-initiated enforcement vehicle stops are suspended until further notice," per the DHS memo.
• The pause was expected to remain in place while ICE provides additional training to officers on vehicle stop tactics, several outlets reported.

What they're saying: A DHS official, when asked by Axios, did not say whether the agency had reversed the directive.

• A screenshot of Trump's Truth Social post was posted on the DHS X account, however. The agency urged people to self-deport, adding "If you don't, we will find you, arrest you, and deport you."

Two people are in critical condition after a shooting inside a Kroger in Cypress yesterday afternoon. A possible suspect was detained. (ABC)

Gov. Greg Abbott says the Texas Rangers will conduct an independent investigation of the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. (KHOU)

Harris County DA Sean Teare certified U visa requests for the three men in Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's work van, deeming them material witnesses in the investigation into the fatal ICE shooting. (Houston Chronicle)

🏥 Nine hospitals in the Houston area have received warnings from federal regulators for failing to provide transparent pricing to patients. (Chron)

Federal officers have been involved in a string of violent encounters with motorists, protestors and bystanders as President Trump's harsh immigration tactics collide with public backlash.

The latest: Johan Sebastián Guerrero, who was shot to death in Maine, is the latest in a string of people killed by federal immigration authorities since Trump launched a nationwide immigration crackdown in his second term.

• This doesn't include the 28-year-old man who was fatally hit by a truck on Tuesday while fleeing ICE in St. Augustine, Florida.

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