The Internet Is Collectively Sobbing Over These "I Voted" Stickers And Messages At The Sites Where People Have Been Killed By ICE

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Getting a free sticker for voting is one of life's little pleasures. But this year, after voting in a big, beautiful blue wave, some Americans used their stickers to pay tribute to those who couldn't be here to vote today because they were killed by ICE.

Hand holding an "I Voted Today" sticker, symbolizing civic participation and engagement in the electoral process

Federal immigration agents have fatally shot 10 people in President Donald Trump's second term. Now, memorials for some of these victims are filling up with "I voted" stickers.

1. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was fatally shot by an ICE officer in Houston on July 7, 2026.

A person kneels, paying respects at a memorial adorned with flowers and messages along a street

2. He was 52.

Framed photo of a man next to a decorated pumpkin and an "I Voted" pin on the frame

3. His oldest son, Ronaldo Salgado, reportedly placed the first voting sticker on his father's memorial during early voting in October. He told Newsweek, "I cried as I was casting my vote because I was doing it in honor of my dad."

Memorial with a raised fist mural covered in stickers, surrounded by flowers, flags, photos, and messages honoring victims

4. People also left handwritten notes on the memorial. One person wrote, "Cuando sufre uno, sufrimos todos. Dios te guarde siempre." In English, when one of us suffers, we all suffer. May god watch over you always.

Wall covered in handwritten messages, stickers, and a portrait of a person. A prominent sticker reads "MAKE IT TRUE! TURN TEXAS BLUE!"

5. Another person wrote, "I voted for you."

Graffiti reads "TO BE ABOLISHED, I voted for you" with several "I Voted" stickers on a wall

6. One voter left a handwritten note dedicating their vote to Salgado, his children, his spouse, his brother, the letter writer's father, and all the families separated by ICE. They closed the note by writing, "This is the quiet sound of our voices becoming the powerful. Rest in Power!"

"This is the quiet sound of our voices becoming the powerful. Rest in Power."

7. Renee Good was fatally shot by an ICE officer in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026.

Memorial site decorated with flowers, photos, and mementos, including a photograph of a smiling child, honoring loved ones lost

8. She was 37.

A shrine surrounded by flowers and candles, featuring a statue of a religious figure inside a small alcove

9. One Twitter user wrote, "I need a word for being simultaneously touched by people's pious goodwill and humiliated by the impotence with which we must express it."

Flowers and two "I Voted" stickers are placed on greenery, suggesting a tribute at a public or political event

10. Alex Pretti was shot by federal agents on January 24, 2026.

Two people hug at a memorial site with flowers and tributes. Nearby, a sign and various memorabilia are displayed on a pole

11. He was 37.

Murdered by ICE 1/24/20" in a flower display

12. One Minneapolis resident told MPR News, "I just want this nightmare to end for our city and for our country. And damn it, they shouldn’t have died. None of them should have died."

Hands attaching "I Voted" stickers to a memorial filled with flowers and various ribbons

13. People are calling these tributes "heartbreakingly beautiful."

Person in hooded jacket looking at a utility pole covered in "I Voted" stickers, with a campaign sign and poster visible in the background

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