U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have been instructed to suspend most vehicle stops nationwide during immigration enforcement operations, according to federal sources.
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Fox News’ Bill Melugin said multiple sources have confirmed that agents were told to only do traffic stops for operations targeting the most egregious criminal aliens with serious or violent criminal histories.
ICE agents confront protesters as they gather outside the federal immigration center at Delaney Hall where ICE is housing detained immigrants on June 8, 2026, in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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The backstory:
The new policy shift comes after a second fatal shooting involving an ICE agent over the past two weeks. On Monday, a man was shot and killed in Biddeford, Maine by an ICE agent. Sen. Angus King (I) says Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told him that the agent opened fire Monday after the man tried to use his vehicle as a weapon against agents pursuing him for deportation.