Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were directed to halt most traffic stops after an ICE officer fatally shot a man in Biddeford, Maine, on Monday.
The major reversal in tactics also came days after a federal agent fatally shot a Mexican immigrant during a traffic stop in Houston.
On Wednesday, however, President Donald Trump ordered that the pause be overturned.
The man killed in Maine was Joan Sebastian Durán Guerrero, a 25-year-old food delivery driver from Colombia. He was authorized to work in the United States and was issued a Social Security number, the Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition said.
The Department of Homeland Security, in its first official statement nearly 12 hours after the shooting, said the ICE officer, “fearing for public safety,” fired his…