Hours before ICE agents received orders to halt vehicle stops , a senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, official called for an immediate operational reset, warning agents are stressed and face unsustainable pressure.
The order came after ICE agents fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52, in Texas and an unidentified 26-year-old Colombian man in Maine.
Tom Latchem’s report for PunchUp’s Substack argues, the core issue stems from the Trump administration’s mandate for 2,000 arrests per day.
Latchem argues this quote transforms agents into desperate enforcers willing to take lethal risks.
An ICE insider stated, “Traffic stops are the only way to get them,” and explained, “But every stop, folks are running. Or ramming. Agents are being pushed to the breaking point. It’s not sustainable. And it’s not safe.”
Under the new Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, immigrant roundups have intensified.
The operational freeze now threatens the arrest numbers President Donald Trump demands, Latchem reported, with agency sources warning leaders are already being fired for missing quotas.
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