The Trump administration has ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to suspend most vehicle stops after two fatal shootings in little over a week. The order came a day after an ICE officer shot and killed a Colombian driver in Maine and a week after one shot and killed a motorist in Houston.
Background
The suspension is not absolute and there’s room for exceptions when executing a criminal warrant or working with partner agencies. Hundreds of people protested in Maine over the killing of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, a 26-year-old Colombian national, by an ICE officer.
The Department of Homeland Security said the officer shot and killed Durán Guerrero while officers were watching the home of someone they believed was in the U.S. illegally and had a final order of removal from the country. The officer fired his weapon after the vehicle attempted to flee, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Outgoing Colombian President Gustavo Petro called the shooting a targeted killing and urged President Trump to provide an explanation. The shooting has sparked outrage in Maine and the wider area, with protesters gathering outside of an ICE detention center in Scarborough.
The two shootings come amid a Trump administration push to carry out its mass deportations agenda. Over five days at the end of June, ICE arrested more than 10,000 people.
Original reporting: Dallas TX News (HLL/CB) — read the source article.
