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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Trump says ice should continue traffic stops contradicting new ban | History Defined

Cover image: Protesters gather near a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Maine on July 14, 2026, a day after the shooting of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero. © Robert F. Bukaty, AP

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) should continue to use traffic stops despite a decision the previous day to suspend the practice. The ban on vehicle stops came after an ICE agent fatally shot a Colombian driver in Maine and another motorist was killed in Texas last week by immigration officers.

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency should continue vehicle stops despite recent fatal shootings, US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, seeming to contradict a suspension of the practice floated a day earlier.

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