ICE Halts Most Vehicle Stops After 2 Fatal Shootings in Maine and Texas
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Updated · WMTW Portland · Jul 14
ICE Halts Most Vehicle Stops After 2 Fatal Shootings in Maine and Texas
3 articles · Updated · WMTW Portland · Jul 14
Summary
ICE has temporarily ordered agents to stop most vehicle stops and will retrain officers on the tactic after two fatal shootings in six days, according to multiple sources.
Markwayne Mullin, the Homeland Security secretary, issued the directive after the latest shooting in Biddeford, Maine, where 26-year-old Colombian national Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero was killed Monday.
Vehicle stops will still be allowed in cases involving the most dangerous targets, but ICE is otherwise expected to rely more on stopping people after they leave a home or office.
Susan Collins said she urged Mullin to halt all non-urgent vehicle stops while the Maine investigation continues; the killing sparked protests and marked at least the ninth death since Trump's immigration crackdown began.