Trump: ICE should continue traffic stops after recent shootings, seeming to contradict new policy

Key Points:

• President Donald Trump insists that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) should continue conducting traffic stops, calling them one of ICE's most important crime-fighting tools despite recent fatal shootings during such operations.
• The policy shift to halt traffic stops followed multiple incidents where ICE officers shot and killed drivers, including a Colombian man in Maine and others in Houston and Florida, raising criticism of ICE's enforcement tactics.
• At least 10 people have died during immigration operations under the Trump administration, with several deaths involving vehicles, prompting calls from lawmakers like Senator Susan Collins to stop non-urgent vehicle stops by ICE.
• Experts warn that shooting at moving vehicles is highly dangerous and should generally be avoided, yet it remains a recurring issue in immigration enforcement encounters.
• John Sandweg, former acting ICE director, estimates there have been about 18 traffic-stop shootings since the Trump administration began its mass deportation campaign.