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Trump: ICE won't halt traffic stops

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  1. Trump administration orders ICE to suspend most vehicle stops after 2 deadly shootings

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  2. Trump says ICE should continue traffic stops after recent fatal shootings

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    Trump: ICE won't halt traffic stops

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  1. Just the News

    New ICE policy halts most vehicle stops nationwide, following shootings in Maine and Houston (opens Just the News)

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    The stops have played a major role in the agency's operations until this new policy, which goes into effect immediately.

  2. NBC Chicago

    Trump administration orders ICE to suspend most vehicle stops after deadly shootings (opens NBC Chicago)

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    Local residents walk by a makeshift memorial to the victim of a shooting involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, in Biddeford, Maine.

  3. The Daily Wire

    EXCLUSIVE: ICE Orders Agents To Cease All Vehicle Stops After Recent Shootings (opens The Daily Wire)

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    Federal immigration officers across the country have been told to stop pulling over vehicles after recent shootings in Maine and Texas. Three Homeland Security sources told The Daily Wire Tuesday that they were told “no more vehicle stops for now.

  4. KOB 4

    Trump administration orders ICE to suspend most vehicle stops after 2 deadly shootings (opens KOB 4)

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    Trump administration officials have told Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to suspend most vehicle stops after two deadly shootings in little over a week, according to a person familiar with the matter.

  5. KOB 4

    Trump administration orders ICE to suspend most vehicle stops after two deadly shootings (opens KOB 4)

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    Trump administration officials have told Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to suspend most vehicle stops after two deadly shootings in little over a week, according to a person familiar with the matter.

  6. News Nation Now

    ICE halts most traffic stops in wake of fatal shooting in Maine (opens News Nation Now)

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    Twenty people have been shot by ICE since Trump took office, including 18 during traffic stops.

  7. RedState

  8. KCEN Waco

    ICE agents instructed to end most vehicle stops nationwide in major policy shift (opens KCEN Waco)

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    The major policy shift comes days after fatal shootings involving ICE agents in Texas and Maine.

  9. New Hampshire Union Leader

    ICE halts most traffic stops in wake of Maine fatal shooting, sources say (opens New Hampshire Union Leader)

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    Immigration and Customs Enforcement told officers on Tuesday to suspend most vehicle stops around the country, two sources briefed on the matter said, after agents fatally shot two men six days apart during stops in Texas and Maine.

  10. News Center Maine

    ICE scales back traffic stops after deadly shootings in Maine and Texas (opens News Center Maine)

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    The change comes after Sen. Susan Collins claims she urged the Department of Homeland Security to halt non-urgent vehicle stops.

  11. CW 39 Houston

    ICE plans to temporarily limit traffic stops following fatal shootings: reports (opens CW 39 Houston)

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    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has privately directed its officers to temporarily pause traffic stops in the wake of two deadly shootings, though the agency would not confirm the directive publicly.

  12. American Greatness

    Report: ICE Directed to Cease Most Vehicle Stops After Latest Shooting in Maine (opens American Greatness)

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    Federal immigration officers across the country have reportedly been ordered to cease most vehicle stops after the recent ICE involved shootings in Maine and Texas. […] Source

  13. Seattle Times

    ICE Ordered to Cease Most Vehicle Stops After 2 Killings in a Week (opens Seattle Times)

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    The order comes after ICE officers killed two people over the past week in Houston and the coastal city of Biddeford, Maine, amid a recent surge in immigration arrests.

  14. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    ICE suspends traffic stops in wake of Maine fatal shooting, sources say (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    BIDDEFORD, Maine >> Immigration and Customs Enforcement today suspended vehicle stops related to immigration enforcement, two sources briefed on the matter said. The suspension comes after agents fatally shot two men six days apart during stops in Texas and Maine.

  15. Jalopnik

    ICE Told To Suspend Traffic Stops Following Latest Fatal Shootings (opens Jalopnik)

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    This guidance is for agents in the Enforcement and Removal Operations branch tasked with ripping people out of their communities, arresting and deporting them.

  16. The Intercept

    ICE Orders an End to Vehicle Stops After Deadly Shootings by Federal Agents (opens The Intercept)

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    Five ICE officials said orders came down to stop vehicle stops, a go-to tactic that had helped lead to a spike in immigration detentions.

  17. Portland Press Herald

    ICE agents to pause most traffic stops after deadly Maine shooting (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    Since last week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have shot and killed 2 people, in Biddeford and in Houston. Each case involved traffic stops and victims who were not the original targets of ICE operations.

  18. KHOU Houston

    ICE pauses most vehicle stops after two deadly shootings, CBS News reports (opens KHOU Houston)

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    A reported ICE policy change comes as questions continue in the Houston shooting of Lorenzo Salgado. Here's what CBS News says has changed.

  19. Oregon Capital Chronicle

    After 2 deadly shootings, ICE reportedly ordered to end vehicle enforcement stops (opens Oregon Capital Chronicle)

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    WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security Tuesday ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to cease vehicle-related enforcement stops, following the deadly shootings of two men in their vehicles, according to multiple media reports.

  20. Border Report

    ICE halts traffic stops in wake of fatal shooting in Maine (opens Border Report)

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    Twenty people have been shot by ICE since Trump took office, including 18 during traffic stops.

  21. Philadelphia Inquirer

    ICE halts vehicle stops after 2 deadly shootings (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    The policy shift was apparently spurred by a pair of fatal shootings involving officers who fired into vehicles over the past week.

  22. Washington Times

    ICE curtails traffic stops after second shooting death this month (opens Washington Times)

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    ICE has reportedly issued a new policy ordering officers not to engage in traffic stops save for exceptional circumstances, acting after a second man was shot and killed this month during a vehicle incident.

  23. Odessa American

    Reports: ICE halting some vehicle stops in wake of Texas, Maine shootings (opens Odessa American)

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    By Gabby Birenbaum, The Texas Tribune WASHINGTON Immigration and Customs Enforcement will suspend the use of most vehicle stops in the wake of deadly shootings of immigrants in vehicles in both Texas and Maine in the past week, according to media reports.

  24. Winchester Star

    ICE halts most traffic-stop arrests in wake of fatal shootings (opens Winchester Star)

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    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has temporarily instructed officers to refrain from making traffic-stop arrests in most cases, according to several people with knowledge of the directive, a policy shift spurred by a pair of fatal shootings involving officers who…

  25. Conservative Review

    ICE slams the brakes on vehicle stops nationwide: Report (opens Conservative Review)

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    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement appears to be hitting pause. The agency has reportedly ordered officers nationwide to stand down on most vehicle stops , multiple law enforcement sources say — with one exception: operations targeting serious criminal offenders.

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