US Halts Most ICE Highway Stops After Fatal Shootings

The U.S. government has suspended most highway checkpoints conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents following the fatal shootings of two individuals. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued the order, which media outlets reported on July 14, 2026.

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I think it will be a short pause, I trust that ICE agents are well trained.

Tom Homan, an immigration advisor to former President Donald Trump, suggested the pause would be brief, expressing confidence in ICE agents' training. The two deceased individuals were driving when ICE agents attempted to stop their vehicles. One incident involved a 26-year-old Colombian man, Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, who worked as a delivery driver and lived with his wife and young daughter in Biddeford, Maine. An ICE spokesperson stated the vehicle attempted to flee, and the agent fired his weapon out of concern for public safety.

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the vehicle attempted to flee the scene and the agent used his weapon out of fear for public safety.

In response to the shootings, dozens gathered outside an ICE detention center in Scarborough, Maine, protesting the agency's methods with a banner reading "Stop the Killings." Colombian President Gustavo Petro labeled the death of the Colombian national an "assassination." A week prior, a 52-year-old Mexican citizen, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, was fatally shot in Houston, Texas, while driving to work. DHS claimed he also attempted to evade a stop, a version contradicted by witnesses.

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