1 person killed in Maine shooting involving ICE, state House speaker says
State and federal authorities are investigating after a man was killed during an ICE operation, and officials said 10,000 people were arrested in five days.
- On Monday, July 13, 2026, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents fatally shot a person in Biddeford, Maine, prompting investigations by state police and the FBI.
- The shooting occurred amid the Trump administration's 'Operation Catch of the Day' enforcement surge in Maine, which detained nearly 200 people but faced scrutiny after only 11 had criminal convictions.
- Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told Senator Angus King the agent fired after the motorist "weaponized" his vehicle, yet witnesses disputed this account and noted agents lacked body cameras.
- Representative Chellie Pingree demanded answers about ICE's presence in Maine, while advocacy groups organized protests and called for accountability following the death of the 26-year-old Colombian man.
- The killing marks at least the 11th fatal shooting involving ICE or Border Patrol agents since President Donald Trump took office, intensifying scrutiny of the administration's mass deportation campaign.
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Officials Investigate Fatal ICE Shooting in Maine as Fallout Grows
There is a growing demand for answers after a fatal ICE-involved shooting in Maine. According to an ICE spokesperson, the shooting happened when agents tried to conduct a traffic stop and, they say, the vehicle tried to get away. That’s when ICE says an agent opened fire “fearing for public safety.” The incident, which was partly captured on video, is the second fatal shooting involving ICE agents in the past week. NBC’s Erin McLaughlin reports …
A U.S. immigration police officer (ICE) killed a man on Monday, identified by human rights groups as a 26-year-old Colombian...
One person killed in encounter with US immigration agents in Maine
BIDDEFORD, Maine — A person was fatally shot on Monday during an encounter with U.S. immigration agents in Maine, a top state lawmaker said, days after a man was killed by a U.S. agent during a traffic stop in Texas. “This morning a shooting occurred in Biddeford. A person was killed. ICE was involved,” Ryan Fecteau, the Democratic speaker of the Maine House of Representatives and a native of Biddeford, wrote on Facebook. The post One person kil…
In Maine, a man has been shot in an operation involving the U.S. immigration agency ICE. It is already the second fatal incident within a week. By N. Barth.
Just a few days after the U.S. Migration Department killed a man in Texas, a similar incident occurred in Maine
Second fatal ICE shooting in days sparks calls for investigation
An ICE agent in the US shot dead a man ‘in front of his young daughter’ over the weekend, the second such killing by federal agents in just a few days. The latest killing occurred in the small town of Biddeford in the northern state of Maine, following another in Texas last week. According to the […]
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