BREAKING NEWSJul. 14, 2026, 3:48 PM UTCFORSUBSCRIBERSImmigrationThe administration’s stepped up pressure to increase arrests has put officers under “too much stress,” sources told NBC News after two men who weren’t initial ICE targets were killed in less than a week. An ICE officer making a traffic stop in Biddeford, Maine, shot and killed a man on Monday.Joseph Prezioso / AFP via Getty ImagesICE has issued a nationwide order to all officers to stop pursuing people in vehicles, according to a current senior DHS official and two former senior DHS officials. The move comes after ICE officers fatally shot two men in less than a week in Maine and Texas. Just a moment.We are getting your experience ready.This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
ICE told to stop pursuing people in cars as pressure to arrest blamed for fatal shootings
The administration’s stepped up pressure to increase arrests has put officers under “too much stress,” sources told NBC News after two men who weren’t initial ICE targets were killed in less than a week.
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