ICE agents halt most vehicle stops following deadly shootings in Maine, Texas, sources say
By Mark Osborne
Updated on: July 14, 2026 / 12:08 PM EDT
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-agents-halt-vehicle-stops-after-shootings-maine-texas/
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The change is temporary and will remain in place while ICE provides additional training to officers on vehicle-stop tactics, the sources said.
The policy shift could have significant operational impacts. Vehicle stops have been a common tactic in ICE enforcement operations under the Trump administration, allowing officers to identify, follow and arrest targeted individuals away from homes or workplaces.
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"I want a full, fair, open, transparent investigation of this, not strictly run by the feds," said King, an independent who caucuses with Democrats. "Unfortunately, the feds don't have the credibility today. The people of Maine are not going to accept an investigation that's run by ICE or at the FBI."
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Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins said she had urged DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin to halt the stops.
"While the investigation of the Biddeford shooting is not yet complete, it raises sufficient critical questions that I spoke with DHS Secretary Mullin last night and urged him to cease all non-urgent vehicle stops," Collins said in a statement.
Just six days earlier, a similar situation unfolded in Houston....................
"It's a tragedy for our country that we're going through this process that's based on a phony premise," he said. "The whole premise of this has been [arresting] 'the worst of the worst.' How frequently have we heard that term? 'We're going after the worst of the worst. We're going to take criminals off our streets.' Well, in Maine last winter, they arrested over 200 people. Nineteen of them had criminal records. That means 90% of the people arrested had no criminal records."
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