ICE leadership surprised by Trump’s call for continued immigration traffic stops

President Donald Trump wrote that ICE should continue traffic stops. The agency had ordered a pause on the stops after they led to fatal shootings in Maine and Texas.

Senior leaders at ICE were surprised when President Donald Trump overturned the Department of Homeland Security’s suspension of ICE vehicle stops, according to a senior DHS official.

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