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 DHS Directive Banning ICE from Conducting Vehicle Stops
President Trump on Wednesday ordered ICE to resume vehicle stops, reversing the temporary pause initiated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) just one day prior. The president declared on Truth Social that traffic stops are “one of ICE’s most important and effective Crime Fighting tools” and instructed agents to “go back and do your very important job.” On Tuesday, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin directed Immigration and Customs Enforcem…
Trump Overrules His Own Secretary On Key Deportation Strategy
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he would be overruling decisions from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and White House border czar Tom Homan to temporarily halt vehicle stops targeting illegal aliens. The initial decision was announced after an officer-involved shooting in Maine, in which a a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot a 26-year-old Colombian national in Maine earlier thi…
Trump orders ICE to restart traffic stops · American Wire News
President Donald Trump is not happy with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) pausing traffic stops. Just one day after ICE ordered its agents to change how they engage in traffic stops, which has been one of the most effective enforcement methods to date, the president demanded that the tactic be resumed in full. In a Truth Social post on Wednesday, he said the alteration of stops “won’t happen on my watch.” Look: pic.twitter.com/jC8kosPQ…
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