ToplinePresident Donald Trump said Immigration and Customs Enforcement should continue using traffic stops, insisting “we CANNOT give up one of I.C.E.’s most important and effective Crime Fighting tools,” one day after the Department of Homeland Security ordered the agency to pause vehicle stops.Trump called traffic stops one of ICE’s “most important and effective crime fighting tools,” one day after the DHS paused the tactic in the wake of two officer-involved deadly shootings.AFP via Getty ImagesKey FactsIn a statement on Truth Social on Wednesday, Trump praised the federal agents working for ICE, insisting they were “doing a GREAT job, one that has to be done” and that they were “loved and respected in America.”However, the agency is facing increased scrutiny after two deadly ICE-involved shootings in less than one week, one in Maine on Monday and one in Texas last week, both of which took place while agents were attempting to conduct vehicle stops.On Tuesday, DHS paused using vehicle stops, a step border czar Tom Homan later told Fox News was “not ​a policy change, it's a temporary pause.”But Trump seemingly contradicted the decision, which Homan said was made by Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and ICE leadership, writing that ending traffic stops would be “playing right into the criminal’s hands.”This is a breaking story and will be updated.