President Donald Trump has reversed an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement directive suspending most vehicle stops nationwide, ordering agents to continue using one of the most controversial tools of his mass-deportation campaign despite three Latino men dying during federal immigration operations in roughly one week.
The reversal came less than 24 hours after ICE leadership instructed Enforcement and Removal Operations officers to immediately halt agency-initiated traffic stops until further notice. The internal memo, circulated to field office directors, ordered personnel to prioritize other enforcement methods and permitted vehicle stops only in limited circumstances, such as when officers were executing a criminal warrant in coordination with another agency.
