What we covered today
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have been directed to halt most traffic stops after an ICE officer fatally shot a man in Biddeford, Maine, yesterday — marking a striking reversal in tactics days after a federal agent fatally shot a Mexican immigrant during a traffic stop in Houston. ICE is also planning to equip each arrest team with an agent wearing a body camera, a spokesperson said.
• Border czar Tom Homan characterized the halting of most ICE traffic stops as a “short pause” rather than a larger policy change by the Trump administration. Homan also downplayed the significance of traffic stops and argued the move would not have a great impact on the number of ICE arrests.
• Killed in Maine was 25-year-old father Joan Sebastian Durán Guerrero, from Colombia, a neighbor said. He was authorized to work in the US and was issued a Social Security number, the Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition said. He wasn’t the target of the immigration operation, Sen. Angus King said.
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Two fatal ICE shootings prompted changes to enforcement. Catch up on Maine and Texas here
The Department of Homeland Security announced two major changes to ICE enforcement Tuesday after federal agents fatally shot Joan Sebastian Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine, and Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston less than a week apart.
ICE said Tuesday it is pausing most traffic stops and moving to expand body camera use among agents.
In both shootings, the agents involved were not wearing body cameras, and sources have confirmed neither Salgado Araujo nor Durán Guerrero was the target of the immigration enforcement operations.
As demands for justice spread throughout the country, here’s what you need to know in Maine and Texas:
MAINE
- Calls for separation: Maine Sens. Angus King and Susan Collins, who have pushed for mandated ICE body cameras, warned that the agency cannot investigate itself after yesterday’s deadly shooting in their home state.
- Honoring Durán Guerrero: Protests and memorials for the 25-year-old husband and father formed across Biddeford as community members mourn his death and criticize ICE’s actions. The Colombian Embassy initially reported his age as 26.
- Seeing the aftermath: Durán Guerrero’s wife and 3-year-old daughter, still in her Bluey character PJs and a pink backpack had to see his body in the aftermath of the shooting, officials and neighbors have said.
TEXAS
- Requesting parole: The Mexican consulate is seeking humanitarian parole for the three men detained the day Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot so they can attend his funeral this week, Judith Castillo, a representative for the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), told CNN. Family members of Salgado Araujo are expected to arrive in the US by Wednesday.
- Upcoming hearing: Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus announced they will hold a field hearing next Friday in Houston to investigate evidence and hear witness testimony related to Salgado Araujo’s death.
- Deportation proceedings: Victor Salgado Araujo, a key witness to last week’s fatal shooting of his brother, Lorenzo, by an ICE officer, is scheduled to appear in immigration court next week for the first hearing in his own deportation proceedings, according to the Executive Office for Immigration Review.
This post has been updated.
Family of Houston man killed by ICE: Justice is for immigrants to "live life without fear”
For the sons of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Texas last week, justice for them would be allowing immigrants to live without fear as they called for an independent investigation into their father’s death.
The sons said they were heartbroken over the death of their 52-year-old father while on his way to work in Houston. ICE said the shooting took place after he attempted to evade arrest when agents tried to conduct a traffic stop during a targeted enforcement operation.
The responsibility to be the “man of the house” has fallen on him as the eldest son, which he took on in his dad’s honor, Ronaldo Salgado told CNN’s Carolina Peguero on Tuesday.
Their family’s story as Mexican immigrants is a “common American one” of those who come to the US with their “possessions in a suitcase and ideas about having opportunities and living in a place where they can have dignity, work hard,” said Lorenzo Salgado Jr.
“… One where you can get the best for your children and eventually open up opportunities for them to live their wildest dreams,” he continued. For him and his brothers, their goal was education, he said
For so many people in immigrant communities, they have to look over their shoulder and worry about being deported, said Ronaldo Salgado.
“We want to see the people who grew up like us, people that relate to our parents, to us, for everyone to be able to live without fear,” he said. “… That’s what justice looks like for us.”
ICE plans to equip each arrest team with agent wearing body camera, spokesperson says
Each Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrest team plans to have an agent wearing a body camera as the federal agency works toward distributing the equipment to all agents, according to a Homeland Security spokesperson, marking another change put in place following two fatal shootings involving ICE agents this month.
The slow rollout of body-worn cameras for ICE agents has resulted in largely no first-hand video from federal officers conducting immigration enforcement operations, many of whom are still not equipped with the cameras. Agents in Houston and Maine, for example, didn’t have body cameras.
The Homeland Security spokesperson said equipping all ICE agents with body cameras nationwide is a “top priority” for the department, casting blame on the government shutdown earlier this year for the delay in distributing them.
White House border czar Tom Homan told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that ICE has a timeline to distribute body cameras to agents, though he declined to share the timing of those plans.
Person fleeing ICE agents in Florida fatally struck by tractor trailer, officials say
A person was fatally struck by a tractor trailer earlier today while running away from Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in St. Augustine, Florida, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
During the encounter, four occupants of a vehicle ran away and one ran across State Road 16 and “into the path of the tractor trailer,” Sgt. Dylan Bryan told CNN.
The person’s immigration status and nationality are unknown, and the reason for the encounter with federal agents is not yet clear.
CNN has reached out to the Department of Homeland Security for comment.
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ICE has a "deployment schedule" on body cameras, Homan says, but doesn't specify timeline
Border czar Tom Homan said that ICE has a timeline to distribute body cameras to agents, though he declined to share the timing of those plans and continued to blame a partial government shutdown earlier this year for the delay.
“The body cameras have been ordered. There’s a deployment schedule on the books, and right now they’re training to train, so officers in each field office can train their officers on the use of the body cam,” Homan told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins at the White House. “That was delayed by the shutdown.”
Pressed by Collins on the state of body camera distribution right now, given the April approval of $20 million “for the procurement, deployment, and operations of body-worn cameras for agents and officers,” Homan deferred to ICE.
“I talked to the ICE director last night,” Homan said. “I didn’t ask for the deployment schedule, but he says he has a deployment schedule, and as soon as the training of the trainer is done, the trainers will get the cameras and they’ll deploy them as quickly as possible.”
Asked about the urgency of distributing these body cameras, Homan agreed the matter is “urgent,” but continued to blame the government shutdown, which he pinned on Democrats, for delaying the process.
Mexican man fatally shot by ICE in Texas was racially profiled, says former city councilman
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Houston, Texas, last week while on his way to work because he was “racially profiled,” said Robert Gallegos, former Houston city councilmember.
Salgado Araujo, 52, was fatally shot in the early morning of last Tuesday after he attempted to evade arrest when ICE agents tried to conduct a traffic stop, the agency said in a previous statement, describing it as a “targeted enforcement operation.”
ICE did not specify whether Salgado Araujo was the target.
Protesters showed up at the Houston City Council’s public meeting Tuesday to demand an investigation into Salgado Araujo’s shooting, holding up signs and chanting.
“It’s so important that we speak up as a community,” Gallegos said.
"It's a short pause," Trump border czar says of halted ICE traffic stops
Border czar Tom Homan characterized the halting of most ICE traffic stops as a “short pause” rather than a larger policy change by the Trump administration.
At the same time, Homan downplayed the significance of traffic stops and argued that the move would not have a great impact on the number of ICE arrests.
“There are options. You wait till he gets to the destination, make arrest. I’m not saying this is a mainstay of what we do,” Homan said.
Speaking to reporters at the White House later, Homan deferred to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and the head of ICE on how long the pause would last.
Pressed on how long the pause would last, Homan said, “I would think in a couple of weeks we’d be back up and running.”
Mexican consulate seeking humanitarian parole for detainees
The Mexican consulate is seeking humanitarian parole for the three men detained the day Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s was shot so they can attend his funeral this week, Judith Castillo, a representative for the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), told CNN.
Castillo added that LULAC met today with the consulate, which contacted Salgado Araujo’s family after the shooting and has been providing legal support for his brother, Victor, since he was detained.
Attorneys are also working to help the three detained men obtain new visas because they are key witnesses to the shooting, according to Castillo. Family members of Salgado Araujo are expected to arrive in the US today and Wednesday for his service.
Anti-ICE protesters gather outside Houston city council meeting
Anti-ICE protesters are gathering outside the Houston city hall where a city council meeting is being held.
Several of the protesters can be seen holding banners and signs regarding the death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo who was killed during an immigration operation last week.
Maine ICE shooting victim was a hardworking family man, father says
Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, the Colombian immigrant who was fatally shot by an ICE officer in Maine on Monday, was a “loving” person who worked hard to provide for his partner and three-year-old daughter, his father said Tuesday.
“My son (was) a person who truly left the country to build a future for his family,” Omar Durán told Colombian radio station Blu Radio. “(He) was a good person, a good person, a person raised with values.”
He said his son worked at a veterinary clinic and as a delivery driver, insisting he had a work permit in the US and was submitting all the necessary paperwork that was required of him.
“He is a very good son. Truly, they have caused us immense pain by doing that to him, taking his life so unjustly,” he said.
The US Department of Homeland Security said Durán Guerrero was an undocumented immigrant and that the ICE officer shot him “fearing for public safety” as he “attempted to flee the scene.”
Bluey-themed items placed at memorial for Maine ICE shooting victim
The last image Joan Sebastian Durán Guerrero’s loved ones have of the young father is of his lifeless body laying on the ground in his own neighborhood, local officials and neighbors have said.
When Durán Guerrero was fatally shot in Biddeford, Maine a mere two hours after sunrise Monday, his wife and 3-year-old daughter, still in her Bluey character PJs and a pink backpack had to see his body in the aftermath, Democratic Rep. Chellie Pingree told CNN’s John Berman Tuesday morning.
Neighbor Cecelia Humiston woke up to gunshots Monday, walked outside her apartment and heard yelling from other neighbors and cries from two women and a young child she believes was the victim’s daughter, she told the Portland Press Herald.
“She couldn’t have been older than three,” Humiston, who also has a 2-year-old son, told the publication. “She was still in her Bluey pajamas.”
Now, on the sidewalk near where the young father was killed, flowers, candles, handwritten notes and signs — and, as of Tuesday afternoon, a Bluey blanket and stuffed toy — are part of a growing memorial, serving as quiet support to a child who just lost her father.
ICE shooting was Biddeford's first fatal shooting since 2024, police say
An ICE officer shot and killed a 25-year-old in Biddeford, Maine, on Monday, marking the coastal city’s first fatal shooting in nearly two years, Biddeford Police Chief JoAnne Fisk told CNN.
The Colombian Embassy initially reported his age as 26.
It is also the first homicide Fisk said she can recall in the city since 2024.
In September 2024, a 46-year-old was shot and killed in Biddeford in an incident that led to murder and robbery charges.
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Colombia's president calls ICE shooting in Maine "murder"
Colombia’s outgoing President Gustavo Petro described the fatal shooting of a Colombian immigrant in Maine as a “murder,” saying the 25-year-old had been killed by an ICE officer because he was “deemed an inferior being devoid of rights.”
Petro, who identified the victim as Johan Sebastián Durán, said Tuesday on X that he expected legal action against those responsible as well as a message from US President Donald Trump.
“I expect the Colombian foreign service in the US to take swift legal and humanitarian action to ensure the killers are held accountable for this homicide,” he said.
The Colombian Embassy initially reported his age as 26.
The US Department of Homeland Security said the ICE officer involved had opened fire “fearing for public safety” as the victim “attempted to flee the scene.”
Some context: Petro has had a contentious relationship with Trump since he returned to the White House. Last year, he harshly criticized the Trump administration’s immigration policies, its support for Israel and its military activity around Latin America.
This post has been updated.
Mexico's president says ICE-related deaths is pain "shared by the entire nation"
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum condemned the deaths of 17 Mexicans in US immigration custody and during enforcement operations, saying the entire country shares the pain of their families.
“Any Mexican woman or man … must be against it and must draw attention to it so that this situation does not continue,” she said during a press conference Tuesday.
She delivered those remarks a day after her government began filing complaints to US state and federal prosecutors to request criminal investigations into the 17 deaths, which CNN has verified through public records released by the US Department of Homeland Security.
During her press conference Tuesday, Sheinbaum read part of a statement from the Mexican Senate, which said: “We express our deepest solidarity and sincere condolences to the families of the victims. Their pain is shared by the entire nation.”
Maine senators warn ICE can't investigate itself after shooting, push for body-camera mandate
Maine Sens. Angus King and Susan Collins pushed for mandating body cameras for Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and warned that ICE cannot investigate itself after yesterday’s deadly shooting in their home state.
King, an independent, told reporters he was “extremely” disappointed that the officer in the incident was not wearing a body camera.
“The ICE people should be following the same regulations and processes of police forces in New York or Miami or Denver or Portland, Maine, and they have no end of money,” he said.
While Collins agreed that body cameras are necessary, she said Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told her the agency’s lengthy shutdown this year slowed their distribution.
“This incident shows how imperative it is that we have a mandate for body-worn cameras that not only protects the law enforcement officer but also those with whom he or she is interacting,” the Republican lawmaker said.
Both senators agreed that any investigation into the shooting would have more credibility if it included state and local investigators.
King said his message to Mullin on Monday was: “I want a full, fair, open, transparent investigation of this, not strictly run by the feds. Unfortunately, the feds don’t have the credibility today.”
Memorial set up near the site of the Maine ICE shooting
Supportive messages, signs and bouquets line a park fence near the site of yesterday’s fatal ICE shooting of 25-year-old father Joan Sebastian Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine. The display, at Mechanics Park in Biddeford, serves as a makeshift memorial to Guerrero.
The Colombian Embassy initially reported his age as 26.
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Lack of body cameras on ICE agents fuels more uncertainty over fatal shootings
After federal immigration agents fatally shot two US citizens this January, the then-secretary of the Department of Homeland Security pledged to “rapidly” deploy body cameras to officers nationally.
“As funding is available, the body camera program will be expanded nationwide,” Kristi Noem wrote on social media on February 2. “We will rapidly acquire and deploy body cameras to DHS law enforcement across the country.”
But over five months later, the distribution of those body-worn cameras is still ongoing — and notably hadn’t reached the officers involved in fatal shootings in Houston and in Maine this past week. Neither victim was the intended target of the immigrant enforcement operations, officials have said.
The lack of body cameras for these Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raises questions as to the pace and status of that national effort. In the meantime, the lack of first-hand video from federal officers — combined with DHS’ recent history of false statements — has deepened skepticism of the government’s narrative in these fatal shootings.
“They’ve got tons of money. Why they don’t have body cams I think is a very fair question,” Sen. Angus King of Maine told CNN on Monday night. “That would resolve this kind of factual issue that we’re going to be trying to resolve over the next several weeks here in Maine.”
Collins says ICE shooting raises "critical questions"
Maine Sen. Susan Collins released a new statement Tuesday about the ICE shooting that killed a man in Maine on Monday.
“While the investigation of the Biddeford shooting is not yet complete,” Collins said on X, “it raises sufficient critical questions that I spoke with DHS Secretary Mullin last night and urged him to cease all non-urgent vehicle stops.” CNN previously reported ICE issued a pause on most vehicle stops Tuesday.
Collins, a Republican, is facing a competitive reelection bid. Many of her potential Democratic opponents have released forceful denunciations of ICE or attended protests in the wake of Monday’s shooting.
ICE pausing most traffic stops following deadly shootings in Maine and Texas, source says
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have been directed to largely suspend vehicle stops until further notice, according to a source familiar with the guidance, marking a major reversal in recent tactics following two ICE-involved fatal shootings over the last week.
The guidance applies to agents who fall under Enforcement and Removal Operations, the branch within ICE charged with the arrest and deportation of undocumented immigrants, and imposes a pause on initiating stops, according to the source. Officers have been directed to use other methods for general immigration enforcement, which makes up a large share of their work, and to coordinate with partner agencies when executing a criminal warrant on a person in a vehicle.
The two fatal shootings that unfolded over the last week involved vehicle stops, which the federal agency has frequently leaned on to ramp up immigration arrests.
An ICE spokesperson said in a statement that the agency is “always evaluating our procedures to keep our officers safe and criminals off our streets,” but declined to discuss its tactics further.
This post has been updated with a comment from ICE.
