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Trump says ICE won't halt traffic stops after recent fatal shootings
Trump said ICE should keep making traffic stops as DHS pauses most of them after recent fatal shootings and rising vehicle-attack concerns.
- 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 contradicts reports that ICE will halt most traffic stops
President Donald Trump on Wednesday praised the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and disputed reports it would end traffic stops. He said that traffic stops are key to effective enforcement of immigration laws. “We must be strong, tough, and smart, and we CANNOT give up one of I.C.E.’s most important and effective Crime Fighting tools,...
Trump says ICE should continue traffic stops after recent shootings, seeming to contradict new policy
President Trump says Immigration and Customs Enforcement should continue traffic stops after recent fatal shootings, seeming to contradict a new policy to halt them.
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