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ICE pauses vehicle stops after fatal shootings in Texas and Maine
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ICE pauses vehicle stops after fatal shootings in Texas and Maine
Federal immigration officers have been ordered to stop conducting vehicle stops following two deadly incidents involving ICE officials.
- A homeland security source confirmed that ICE officers received instructions to suspend vehicle stops until further notice.
- The directive followed the killings of Joan Sebastian Guerrero in Maine and Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Texas by ICE officers within the past week.
- A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said the agency will not disclose or discuss law enforcement tactics.
- Fox News reported the suspension is temporary and will remain until ICE officers complete new training on vehicle stops.
What happened since
Calls to remove ICE from US streets grow after agents fatally shoot two men who were not targets
Fatal shootings of two men not targeted by ICE operations have prompted advocacy groups to demand the agency's removal from US streets.
- On 7 July, ICE agents in Houston shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52-year-old builder who was not the intended target of the operation.
- On 13 July, an ICE officer in Maine shot and killed Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, a 26-year-old Colombian who was not the target of the surveillance operation.
- Advocacy groups, including the National Police Accountability Project and CHIRLA, have called for independent investigations and the removal of ICE from US communities.
- Federal immigration officials were instructed to pause vehicle stops after the two killings, NBC News reported.
Latest developments
- Jul 15 — Community groups in Houston have demanded that Mayor John Whitmire and the city council take action after the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a business owner and father of three.
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