Maine governor urges Congress to reform or abolish ICE after fatal shooting
Summary
Maine Governor Janet Mills has called on Congress to reform or abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after a fatal shooting involving ICE officers during a traffic stop in Biddeford, Maine. The shooting of a Colombian immigrant, Johan Sebastián Guerrero, is one of several recent deaths linked to ICE enforcement actions.Key Facts
- Governor Mills urged Congress to act quickly to reform or abolish ICE following the fatal shooting in Maine.
- The victim, Johan Sebastián Guerrero, was a 26-year-old Colombian man and father of a young child.
- President Donald Trump reversed a temporary pause on ICE traffic stops on the same day as Mills’ call for reform.
- The man killed in the Maine shooting was reportedly not the target of the ICE operation.
- This shooting is one of three migrant deaths in traffic stops involving ICE over eight days.
- Another fatal incident involved a Mexican man who died after fleeing an ICE stop in Florida and being hit by a truck.
- Earlier in July, a Mexican national was fatally shot by ICE officers during a traffic stop in Houston.
- Colombian President Gustavo Petro called the Maine shooting a murder by the U.S. government.
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