President Donald Trump says Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) should continue making traffic stops, contradicting a temporary suspension announced by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) the previous day. Multiple outlets report that, after ICE-related deadly shootings in Houston, Texas and Maine within a week, federal officers were told to temporarily stop pulling drivers over on Tuesday. The Guardian and others cite ICE-involved shootings in which two men were killed and were described as unarmed; sources also report that neither was the intended target of the operation and that body cameras were not used by the agents involved.
Despite the DHS pause, Trump publicly argues that traffic stops are a key law-enforcement tool. PBS NewsHour reports Trump makes the case in social media posts, writing that ICE must remain “strong, tough and smart” and not give up traffic stops. Other outlets similarly describe Trump’s message as a direct call for ICE to resume or maintain the practice. The reporting aligns on the basic timeline: two fatal shootings lead to a DHS directive to halt most traffic stops, followed by Trump urging ICE to keep using them.
