Democrats Find Perfect Anti-ICE Spokesman by Apparently Asking, "Who Has the Longest Rap Sheet?"

Democrats eager to denounce ICE may have accidentally wandered into yet another casting disaster.

Houston immigration attorney Hugo Balderas-Ibarra, who rushed to defend two illegal immigrants involved in last week's fatal ICE shooting, has now found himself starring in a story with considerably more courtroom drama than the one he held a press conference to promote.

Balderas-Ibarra represents two of the three passengers who were riding with Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was shot after ICE says he attempted to ram an agent with his vehicle during a traffic stop. At a fiery press conference, the attorney accused ICE of lying, demanded the immediate release of his clients, and declared that they "will forever be physically and emotionally scarred by this killing," adding, "None of these families will ever be whole again."

Those remarks landed a little differently after court documents surfaced showing Balderas-Ibarra is currently out on a $20,000 bond for felony assault involving family violence by impeding breathing.

According to court records, the alleged victim was preparing to leave for a flight after discovering something on Balderas-Ibarra's phone. She packed her belongings, which he allegedly confiscated before eventually agreeing to bring them to the airport.

That airport reunion reportedly went about as smoothly as a TSA line on Thanksgiving.

Court documents allege Balderas-Ibarra threw her luggage onto the ground and, when she bent over to retrieve it, "grabbed her by her neck with his left hand." The records further state that as other people approached, he "squeezed harder and twisted her throat."

The alleged victim told investigators she could not breathe, became dizzy, and later suffered nausea, headaches, and swelling to her neck. Authorities documented visible injuries, leading to the felony strangulation charge.

As if that résumé wasn't already impressive enough for modern political activism, records also show Balderas-Ibarra was already free on bond in Florida for separate domestic violence, kidnapping, and false imprisonment charges when the alleged Texas assault occurred.

Naturally, none of this prevented him from appearing alongside Democratic Rep. Al Green, Rep. Sylvia Garcia, and Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare to lecture America about justice.

At the press conference, Balderas-Ibarra insisted ICE's version of events had "varied" and claimed his clients had a completely different account.

"All three of my clients reiterated that at no point was there ever an agent standing in front of the vehicle, nor was an agent ever placed in the line of danger. That is simply false. And I believe my clients are telling the truth," said Balderas-Ibarra.

He also demanded ICE release his clients before they could be deported, arguing it was necessary to preserve the "integrity" of the investigation.

Repulsive Al Green yelling as usual

Then came the inevitable applause line.

"I am calling for drastic changes to the way ICE conducts their immigration enforcement," he said, adding, "This is not immigration enforcement. This is racial profiling."

Everything is racism, isn't it, for the left?

Democrats have spent years assuring Americans they stand with victims. They just keep having an uncanny knack for putting people with criminal charges at the microphone while insisting everyone else is the real problem.

At this point, opposition research has become so optional that campaign staff may simply be scrolling arrest records looking for the next civil rights icon.

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Man shot Monday involving ICE in Maine

In Biddeford, Maine, a person was killed on Monday in a shooting that involved agents of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The circumstances remain unclear while state authorities conduct their inquiries.

Ryan Fecteau, Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives and a native of the city, posted the following on Facebook: "This morning a shooting occurred in Biddeford. A person was killed. ICE was involved. State Police and the Department of Public Safety are now on scene to gather details and would expect the FBI to investigate as well."

Officials at Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security could not be reached for immediate comment.

Biddeford police referred all inquiries to ICE, and the mayor did not respond promptly to requests for a statement. The city, with a population of more than twenty-one thousand, lies fifteen miles south of Portland.

This incident follows six days after another fatal shooting by an ICE agent, this one in Houston, Texas. There, during a traffic stop, an agent shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national who had lived illegally in the United States for more than three decades.

Protests broke out in the city's heavily Hispanic East End, where mounted police officers followed demonstrators marching under the banner "Justice for Lorenzo."

ICE stated that Salgado rammed a law enforcement vehicle with his van and attempted to run over an officer, who fired in self-defense. The agency has not yet produced evidence to support this account but this seems to be a rather common occurrence.

Three men who witnessed the shooting have challenged the official version of events, according to a lawyer representing two of them. Salgado, a father of three who worked in construction and was reportedly in the process of obtaining a work permit, has been described by relatives as the victim of an unjust killing.

These shootings occur during President Donald Trump's renewed federal effort to enforce immigration law across the country. That effort has met objections from local Democratic leaders who see illegal aliens as future Democrat voters, and the incident has prompted protests in several cities.

Enforcement of borders that have been ignored for years inevitably produces friction, and agents who confront individuals long accustomed to operating outside the law face real and immediate risks.

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