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Trump: ICE should continue traffic stops after recent fatal shootings
AP News • • general
Key Points:
- President Donald Trump insists that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) should continue conducting traffic stops, calling them a vital crime-fighting tool despite recent fatal shootings linked to such operations.
- The policy shift to halt traffic stops followed multiple deadly incidents, including shootings in Maine and Houston, and a fatal accident in Florida involving immigration officers.
- Critics and experts warn that shooting at moving vehicles is highly dangerous and should be avoided, highlighting a pattern of violence during immigration enforcement under the Trump administration.
- Since the start of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, at least 10 people have died during ICE operations, with multiple deaths involving vehicles prompting calls from U.S. Senator Susan Collins to stop non-urgent vehicle stops.
- Former acting ICE director John Sandweg estimates there have been about 18 traffic-stop shootings during the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement efforts.
