Trump Orders ICE to Resume Traffic Stops After 1-Day Pause, Deepening Rift With DHS Chief
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Updated · The New Republic · Jul 23
Trump Orders ICE to Resume Traffic Stops After 1-Day Pause, Deepening Rift With DHS Chief
3 articles · Updated · The New Republic · Jul 23
Summary
One day after Markwayne Mullin temporarily restricted ICE vehicle stops, Trump ordered the agency to resume them, overriding a move the White House saw as politically damaging.
Two deadly shootings by immigration officers in Texas and Maine prompted Mullin’s pause, but another person was killed in a chaotic ICE incident before Trump reversed the policy.
White House anger centered on Mullin acting without clearance from Trump or border czar Tom Homan, with officials saying the pause suggested the administration was easing immigration enforcement.
Lance Schroyer’s nomination to run ICE has added to the strain because Mullin ally Schroyer lacks direct federal law or immigration enforcement experience and has faced child-support accusations.
The clash comes just four months into Mullin’s tenure and alongside a report that Trump’s second administration is seeing even higher turnover among Senate-confirmed officials than his first.