ICE pauses vehicle stops after deadly shootings in Texas and Maine

Deaths of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero and Lorenzo Salgado Araujo prompt 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”. The homeland security source told the Guardian the email did not include much explanation as to why immigration officials were told to stop pulling vehicles over, but the high-profile shootings in the past week have renewed calls for accountability for immigration enforcement related deaths, amid the Trump administration’s aggressive anti-immigrant arrests and deportations. A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in an email to the Guardian: “We are always evaluating our procedures to keep our officers safe and criminals off our streets. We will not disclose or discuss l