Trump pushes ICE to keep traffic stops after 2 fatal shootings
Why it matters: The clash muddles enforcement policy after deaths in Maine and Texas triggered protests and an internal review.
President Donald Trump pressed Immigration and Customs Enforcement to keep using traffic stops after the agency moved to pause most such operations following two fatal shootings. The reported suspension was meant to be temporary while leaders reviewed tactics, with exceptions for serious criminal targets. Trump argued on Truth Social that traffic stops remain a key enforcement tool. The debate follows the killing of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, 25, during an ICE operation in Biddeford, Maine, and the death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52, after a stop in Houston. The Department of Homeland Security said agents fired in self-defense in both cases, while family members and advocates disputed those accounts. The agency's watchdog opened an investigation into the Houston shooting.