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Civil Rights Groups Seek ICE Funding Freeze as Stops Resume

7/15/2026

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ICE Resumes Stops

Civil rights groups labeled the two recent ICE shootings extrajudicial killings and urged Congress to freeze ICE funding.
ICE has been authorized to resume vehicle stops nationwide after the temporary suspension was lifted.
President Donald Trump warned on social media that ending traffic stops would empower criminals.
Homeland Security deploys body cameras to ICE officers as investigators probe Houston and Biddeford shootings.

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Trump Urges ICE

President Donald Trump urged ICE agents to resume vehicle stops, calling the tactic essential for removing illegal immigrants.
ICE is now authorized to conduct vehicle stops nationwide after the temporary suspension was lifted.
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin approved vehicle-stop training, prompting the White House to end the pause.
Trump blamed the administration for 25 million unchecked immigrants and said ICE act strong, tough, smart.

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Historical Context

The 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act, signed by President Bill Clinton and effective April 1 1997, shifted enforcement inside the United States, creating removal proceedings, E-Verify and the 287(g) partnership. Deportations rose from roughly 50,000 to over 200,000 by the early 2000s. Today ICE, led by Secretary Markwayne Mullin, has ended its vehicle-stop pause, reviving that interior-check legacy.

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ICE Resumes Stops

Civil rights groups labeled the two recent ICE shootings extrajudicial killings and urged Congress to freeze ICE funding.
ICE has been authorized to resume vehicle stops nationwide after the temporary suspension was lifted.
President Donald Trump warned on social media that ending traffic stops would empower criminals.
Homeland Security deploys body cameras to ICE officers as investigators probe Houston and Biddeford shootings.

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