Trump says ICE won't halt traffic stops after recent fatal shootings
Trump said ICE must keep using traffic stops as officials review recent fatal shootings and a temporary pause on most vehicle stops.
- On Wednesday, President Donald Trump wrote that Immigration and Customs Enforcement is "doing a GREAT job," insisting the agency "CANNOT give up" traffic stops despite the administration's new suspension policy.
- U.S. Sen. Susan Collins urged DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin Tuesday to cease all non-urgent vehicle stops following a Maine motorist's death Monday and a Houston man's killing last week.
- White House border czar Tom Homan described the pause as temporary, citing a 3,400% surge in vehicle attacks, while former acting ICE director John Sandweg estimated roughly 18 traffic-stop shootings have occurred during the crackdown.
- Congress approved $20 million to deploy body cameras across the country, with DHS saying cameras reached more than half of ICE field offices and the remainder arriving within 60 days.
- At least 10 people have died during the mass deportation campaign, though Trump maintained that halting traffic stops would mean "playing right into the criminal's hands.
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Trump overturns pause of ICE vehicle stops implemented after Maine, Texas shootings
President Trump overturned a suspension of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement traffic stops that multiple law enforcement sources said had been implemented after fatal shootings in Texas and Maine over the last week. ICE agents had been instructed to immediately suspend most vehicle stops during immigration enforcement operations nationwide, except in cases involving serious criminal targets. In a Truth Social post Wednesday morning, howev…
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