President Donald Trump says after within a week, seeming to contradict a new policy to halt them. To remove criminals from the country, 鈥渨e CANNOT give up one of ICE鈥檚 most important and effective Crime Fighting tools, THE TRAFFIC STOP!鈥� the president wrote on social media.
In Florida on Tuesday, a third man in roughly a week died during an encounter with immigration officers. The after he was hit by a tractor-trailer while running from immigration and other federal officers, authorities said.
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Man fatally shot by an ICE officer in Maine had illegally entered the US, officials said
Johan Sebasti谩n Dur谩n Guerrero, a 25-year-old Colombian national, had illegally entered the U.S. on Sept. 1, 2023, through the southern border, the Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday.
He was killed Monday in Biddesford, Maine, a coastal city roughly 15 miles (24 kilometers) southwest of Portland.
Sen. Angus King said Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told him Monday that ICE officers were in Biddeford to serve an arrest warrant but that it was not for the person who was shot.
The Department of Homeland Security, which includes ICE, said agents were surveilling an address for a person with a final order of removal from the country.
When ICE tried to stop a vehicle driven by someone coming from that address, the 鈥渧ehicle attempted to flee the scene and, fearing for public safety, an officer discharged his weapon,鈥� the department said.
There have been at least 10 deaths involving immigration agents since Trump began deportation push
At least four of those deaths involved people in vehicles, including the one last week in Houston, a trend so troubling that U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said Tuesday that she had urged Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin 鈥渢o cease all non-urgent vehicle stops.鈥�
John Sandweg, who was acting director at ICE, which is part of DHS, during President Barack Obama鈥檚 Democratic administration, estimated recently that there have been roughly 18 traffic stop shootings during the Trump administration鈥檚 immigration crackdown.
Questions surround the Maine shooting
Photos showed bullet holes in Johan Sebasti谩n Dur谩n Guerrero鈥檚 car windshield, but the officers involved in the shooting , leaving many questions. Among them are how close the officer was to the vehicle when shooting, whether officers told Dur谩n Guerrero to stop and why ICE believes he had put the public in danger.
Border czar Tom Homan told reporters Tuesday the investigation needs to play out and that officers will be held accountable if they鈥檙e found to have acted inappropriately or illegally.
Maine鈥檚 attorney general鈥檚 office, which said it is working with federal agencies to investigate, said initial statements suggest the driver was trying to flee in the direction of the officer, whose name hasn鈥檛 been released and who was placed on leave.
Fatal shooting during immigration operation angers Maine
Hundreds of people in Maine protested Tuesday over of Johan Sebasti谩n Dur谩n Guerrero, a 25-year-old Colombian national. Advocacy groups said Guerrero, who had a wife and a young daughter, was authorized to work in the United States.
DHS said Monday that an officer, 鈥渇earing for public safety,鈥� Dur谩n Guerrero while officers were watching the home of someone they believed was in the U.S. illegally and facing a final order of removal from the country. It said in a post on X that when ICE tried to stop a car driven by someone who came from the home, the in the vehicle and the officer fired.
In a scathing post on X, outgoing Colombian President Gustavo Petro called the shooting a targeted killing 鈥渁t the hands of the U.S. government.鈥�
Lindsey Graham鈥檚 Senate Judiciary Committee spot draped in black
As the committee convened Wednesday for a confirmation hearing, the late South Carolina Republican鈥檚 seat at the rostrum was also marked with a vase of white roses.
had been set to chair the panel in the next Congress. He of a tear in his aorta.
On Tuesday, Graham鈥檚 sister, , was to serve out of his term, which expires in January. South Carolina Republicans are standing up a special primary election to pick a new nominee for this fall鈥檚 midterms.
High-stakes attorney general confirmation hearing getting underway
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is expected to face bipartisan scrutiny as he seeks the chance to serve out the duration of Trump鈥檚 term.
Blanche, Trump鈥檚 former personal attorney, has run the department on an interim basis since April, when Pam Bondi was fired after struggling to bring successful cases against Trump鈥檚 political foes.
Since taking the reins at the Justice Department, Blanche has into Trump foes, functioned as the public face of a meant to compensate the president鈥檚 allies and alarmed press freedom advocates with an of news media leaks.
Senate to hold hearing for Trump鈥檚 pick to head intelligence agencies after weekslong delay
, President Trump鈥檚 pick to head the nation鈥檚 intelligence agencies, will testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday, weeks after Trump .
Republicans and even some Democrats have been eager to quickly confirm Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and a former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, as they鈥檝e expressed concerns about Trump鈥檚 interim appointee for the intelligence post, . Pulte, who has been in the job since June 19, is a former housing official with no known intelligence experience and who used to target perceived adversaries of the president.
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Tom Cotton, a Republican, expressed frustration when Trump delayed Clayton鈥檚 nomination in a social media post last month, allowing Pulte to take office. Cotton said then that Clayton had been instructed not to appear at a scheduled confirmation hearing, but he rescheduled the hearing three weeks later, with apparent approval from the White House.
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Blanche faces Senate scrutiny with Republican support key to his confirmation as attorney general
will confront questions Wednesday about his brief but turbulent tenure atop the Justice Department during a Senate confirmation hearing that will test President Donald Trump鈥檚 grip on Republican lawmakers whose support the nominee will need for the job.
Blanche, Trump鈥檚 former personal attorney, has run the department on an interim basis since April, during which time he鈥檚 into Trump foes, functioned as the public face of meant to compensate the Republican president鈥檚 allies and alarmed press freedom advocates with of news media leaks.
Those actions will receive fresh scrutiny at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing as Blanche testifies for the opportunity to serve out the duration of Trump鈥檚 term.
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