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ICE ordered to halt most vehicle stops after two fatal shootings

newsJul 14, 2026552,751

The Department of Homeland Security ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement to halt most vehicle stops nationwide after two agents fatally shot men during traffic stops in Houston and Biddeford, Maine. The deceased are identified in reporting as 26-year-old Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Maine and Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston. The pause is framed as temporary and will be accompanied by additional training on vehicle stops, while officials and advocates have called for independent investigations and possible prosecutions. ICE policy states agents may use deadly force only when there is imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death and not solely to prevent the escape of a fleeing suspect. The shootings drew widespread media coverage and political scrutiny amid an administration push to intensify immigration enforcement. Lawmakers in Congress have so far remained largely silent, and advocates are pressing for deeper changes to ICE authority and oversight.

Marie 🇨🇦
@pawbaby2.bsky.social

ICE kills two people in vehicle stops within a week including a 26 year old father authorized to work in the US and their response is a quiet “pause,” not accountability. 1/2 #USDemocracy #Pinks newrepublic.com/post/213072/...

4165h ago
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

Q: Will this change on vehicle stops lower the rate of deportations? HOMAN: No. No. I'm sick and tired of reading about how the administration has lost their guts with mass deportation. Do you know that ICE last month arrested more aliens than any month in the history of the agency?

5043h ago
Chuck Schumer
@schumer.senate.gov

Two people have been tragically killed in the last week. A pause on vehicle stops is nowhere near enough. We need laws that prevent these tragedies and hold ICE agents accountable with real consequences.

845h ago
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