Trump reverses ICE traffic stop suspension after Maine, Houston shootings
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President Trump said ICE should continue using traffic stops to arrest immigrants after a recent directive suspended the tactic after two fatal shootings in Texas and Maine within a week.
The big picture: Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Wednesday, "we CANNOT give up one of I.C.E.'s most important and effective Crime Fighting tools, THE TRAFFIC STOP!"
Catch up quick: The Department of Homeland Security had directed ICE to halt vehicle stops until further notice, according to a memo obtained by Fox News. A White House official confirmed the memo to Axios.
What they're saying: A DHS official, when asked by Axios, did not say whether the agency had reversed the directive.
The directive came after ICE agents fatally shot Joan Sebastian Guerrero, 26, on Monday during an enforcement operation in Biddeford, Maine.
Friction point: Neither Salgado Araujo nor Guerrero was the intended target of the operations.
By the numbers: At least 22 people have been shot at by ICE agents since President Trump returned to office . Six people — including three U.S. citizens — have been killed, with nearly all the shootings involving officers firing at people in vehicles, per the New York Times .
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