Maine Democrats Criticize GOP Sen. Susan Collins After the Fatal ICE Shooting in the State
Democrats blame Senator Collins for backing $70 billion in ICE funding without reforms after agents fatally shot a man in Biddeford.
- On Monday, ICE agents fatally shot 26-year-old Colombian national Joan Sebastian Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine, marking the second deadly force incident by the agency in a week.
- Recent fatal ICE shootings in Houston and Minnesota preceded this incident, intensifying scrutiny of the agency's use of deadly force across the country.
- Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins faces backlash for supporting $70 billion in ICE funding, as Democratic candidate Troy Jackson and other critics held protests demanding accountability.
- On Tuesday, Senator Collins announced she urged Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to "cease all non-urgent vehicle stops," while the Boston office of the DHS inspector general launched an investigation with the FBI.
- The incident complicates the Senate race as Democrats prepare to select a replacement for former nominee Graham Platner at a July 25 convention, while Senator Ed Markey renewed national calls to abolish the agency.
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Democrats Are Going to Use the Biddeford Shooting to Beat Susan Collins
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After fatal ICE shooting in Maine, Susan Collins faces scrutiny over her role as a Trump administration middleman - The Boston Globe
The stakes of Collins’s actions are only magnified by the pressures of an election year in which she is running for a sixth term.
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Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), under fire in her home state after a father was gunned down on Monday by ICE agents she helped fund, is about to suffer another blow courtesy of President Donald Trump, a political analyst argued Wednesday.Appearing on MS NOW on Wednesday morning, John Heilemann said that Trump’s nationally televised speech planned for Thursday night could create a new “nightmare” for the Maine Republican, as well as other GOP candi…
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