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ICE Suspends Most Vehicle Stops Nationwide After Two Fatal Shootings in Houston and Maine in Nine Days

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 28: The Washington Metropolitan Police Department, along with ICE and other federal law enforcement officers, conduct a traffic safety checkpoint on August 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Trump administration has deployed federal officers and the National Guard to the District in order to place the DC Metropolitan Police Department under federal control and assist in crime prevention in the nation's capital. (Credit: Photo by Andrew Leyden/Getty Images)

Federal immigration officers are being pulled back from one of their signature enforcement tools. Multiple law-enforcement sources told CBS News that Immigration and Customs Enforcement quietly instructed agents this week to stop initiating most vehicle stops across the country. CNN confirmed the same shift through an independent source, calling it a major reversal in recent tactics. The change follows the deaths of two men killed by agents during traffic stops within the same nine-day stretch — one in Houston, the other in a small coastal city in Maine.

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