Updated July 16, 2026 — President Donald Trump publicly rejected the directive that had suspended most Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicle stops after two fatal shootings in Maine and Texas.

Trump said ICE should not give up what he called an important enforcement tool. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin reposted the president's statement and said they were aligned. CBS News subsequently reported that ICE field offices received verbal clarification that vehicle stops remain available as an enforcement tactic.

The sequence leaves the written status of the earlier suspension unclear. DHS has not published a complete replacement directive or detailed rules governing when officers may initiate a stop. The president's statement and the reported field guidance indicate that the broad pause described in the previous version of this story is no longer controlling practice.

The policy shift does not resolve the investigations into the deaths of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Maine or Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Texas. Official accounts and witness accounts remain disputed, and conclusions about the legality of either shooting should await investigative evidence and possible court review.

Source: Associated Press — apnews.com source ↗

Source: CBS News — cbsnews.com source ↗