About this episode

The episode discusses the recent shooting incident involving an ICE agent in Houston and the implications of ICE's actions under new leadership.

The new guy overseeing ICE was supposed to dial back the shock and awe. But in Houston, another person was just shot and killed by an ICE agent. This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by David Tatasciore and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. A portrait of Lorenzo Salgado is seen at a memorial where he was killed by an ICE agent, during a protest in Houston, Texas. Photo by Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Sean Rameswaram

Topics covered

• ICE
• police violence
• immigration
• Houston
• protest
• news

Keywords

• ICE
• shooting
• Houston
• Lorenzo Salgado
• protest
• immigration enforcement
• police violence

Sponsors

Vox

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ICE, Vox

Places: Houston, Texas

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