ICE pauses vehicle stops after deadly shootings in Texas and Maine

The deaths of Joan Sebastian Guerrero and Lorenzo Salgado Araujo have prompted calls for independent investigations

Federal immigration officials have been instructed to stop pulling over vehicles until further notice, according to a homeland security source, following two recent deadly shootings in Texas and Maine during which officials shot and killed immigrants in vehicles.

Other news outlets, including Fox News and CNN, confirmed that officials nationwide received the instructions, with the former reporting some vehicle stops would be allowed to target “the most egregious criminal aliens”.
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