Trump says ICE won't halt traffic stops after recent fatal shootings
Trump says ICE should keep vehicle stops as officials face scrutiny after at least 10 deaths during immigration operations, according to AP reporting.
- On Wednesday, July 15, 2026, President Donald Trump directed Immigration and Customs Enforcement to resume traffic stops, overturning a temporary suspension the Department of Homeland Security had imposed following two fatal shootings.
- The suspension followed fatal shootings of 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston on July 7 and 25-year-old Johan Sebastian Duran Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine, on July 13, both during ICE operations.
- Agency officials acknowledged neither Salgado Araujo nor Guerrero was the intended target of the operations; agents lacked body cameras during both encounters, fueling demands for accountability.
- White House border czar Tom Homan initially described the pause as a short-term review, but President Trump's public intervention forced a swift reversal less than 24 hours later.
- Lawmakers including Maine Senator Susan Collins are demanding independent investigations into ICE traffic stops, a tactic linked to at least 10 deaths since the mass deportation campaign began in January 2025.
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Trump revokes suspension of ICE traffic controls, according to a White House official By Julianna Bragg, CNN U.S. President Donald Trump overturned Wednesday's temporary suspension of most vehicle arrests by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE), according to a White House official. The abrupt change of guidelines in less than 24 hours reveals the uncertainty faced by ICE agents as they attempt to achieve the goal of 2,000 daily …
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Trump: ICE won't halt traffic stops
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Trump reversed in less than 24 hours the suspension of ICE's vehicle stops, decreed after two deadly shootings in Maine and Texas last week.
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West Hawaii TodayIn reversal, Trump says ICE won’t halt traffic stops after fatal shootings
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday said federal immigration agents will not suspend vehicle stops, one day after officials announced a temporary pause after agents fatally shot two men in Texas and Maineduring traffic stops. The post In reversal, Trump says ICE won’t halt traffic stops after fatal shootings appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald.
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