The order, first reported by The New York Times, comes after two recent fatal shootings involving immigration agents. Last week, agents shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52-year-old Mexican man, during a traffic stop in Houston. On Monday, Joan Sebastian Guerrero, a Colombian man, was fatally shot while in his vehicle in Maine.
When the Austin American-Statesman contacted a Texas-based ICE spokesperson, he referred all questions to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
In an emailed statement, an ICE spokesperson said the agency is “always evaluating our procedures to keep our officers safe and criminals off our streets.”
“We will not disclose or discuss law enforcement tactics,” the spokesperson wrote.
The recent agent-involved shootings have renewed scrutiny from elected officials. Austin-area Democrats have called for an independent investigation into Salgado’s death.
Salgado had lived in Houston for more than three decades. Federal immigration agents shot and killed him while he was driving to work with several passengers in the city’s East End neighborhood.