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Ruben Gallego: “DHS says agents thought he resembled the target.”

Featuring: Ruben Gallego, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Arizona

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Senator Gallego Gives Remarks at the NALEO Annual Conference 2026 — July 15, 2026

Published | Video Starts at 03:03

He was 52 years old and a father of three US citizens, a construction worker for over 30 years he wasn't even the person they were looking for. DHS says agents thought he resembled the target. He was just a man driving a van, going to work, and doing the kind of job this country depends on the kind of job that I used to do growing up in construction. (03:03–03:07)

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Asserts that DHS claimed agents thought Lorenzo Salgado Ruja resembled their target.

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