U.S. Rep. Christian Menefee addressed reports that ICE would pause vehicle stops across the country on Tuesday after a week that saw two fatal shootings involving federal agents in Houston and Maine.
National reports that surfaced Tuesday morning stated ICE instructed agents to suspend vehicle stops across the country, aside from those involving serious criminal targets. The agency’s Enforcement and Removal Operations, which handles civil arrests and removals, would receive training on vehicle stop tactics during the pause, CBS News reported, citing unnamed sources. Menefee responded hours later and called for the agency to be disbanded altogether.
“A temporary training won’t solve a deeply engrained problem,” Menefee said in a statement. “ICE has been radicalized. Its agents have shot and killed unarmed people across the country. The agency needs to be torn down to the studs.”
This is a developing story and will be updated.