{"id":10399,"date":"2026-07-19T08:36:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T03:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=10399"},"modified":"2026-07-19T08:36:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T03:36:47","slug":"how-a-fuming-trump-reversed-ices-pause-on-vehicle-stops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=10399","title":{"rendered":"How a fuming Trump reversed ICE&#039;s pause on vehicle stops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.axios.com\/TJbIVa5WdNp28fC_RFgkonJ-ztg=\/0x0:1920x1080\/1366x768\/2026\/07\/15\/1784132984960.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Late Tuesday at the White House, a livid President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/politics-policy\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">Trump<\/a> complained to advisers about the Department of Homeland Security&#8217;s decision to pause the type of vehicle stops by ICE agents that had led to two fatal shootings in the past two weeks.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The department&#8217;s idea seemed to be that agents would get more training. But by Wednesday morning, Trump had sent a Truth Social post reversing the pause, leaving DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin and border czar Tom Homan to try to explain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Why it matters: <\/strong>The episode showed how the latest ICE shootings have revived a tense debate within the administration over how to balance increasing public pressure to stop the violence with Trump&#8217;s desire for tough enforcement and more deportations.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Zoom in:<\/strong> Trump&#8217;s post came roughly 12 hours after Homan described the reasoning for the pause by telling reporters that ICE&#8217;s &#8220;training curriculum for vehicle stops&#8221; was &#8220;quite extensive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At the time, he said Mullin would decide when to lift the pause in vehicle stops.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>By Wednesday evening<\/strong>, the vehicle stops were back and Mullin and the White House were insisting they were &#8220;on the same page.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;We want our ICE officers to have all options available to keep them safe while executing our mission of deporting as many illegal alien criminals from our country as possible,&#8221; Mullin posted on X.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Zoom out:<\/strong> The recent shootings show how Mullin&#8217;s handling of such incidents contrasts with that of his predecessor as DHS secretary, the often-embattled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/03\/06\/kristi-noem-dhs-trump-inside-firing\" target=\"_blank\">Kristi Noem<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The initial pause on vehicle stops came soon after a plea from Maine Sen. Susan Collins (R), in light of the shooting of Colombian national Joan Sebastian Guerrero in Maine on Monday.<\/li>\n<li>Collins and Maine Sen. Angus King (I) both said Mullin, a former Oklahoma senator, had been in frequent contact with them \u2014 a contrast to Noem, who was criticized by officials from both parties for being unresponsive to Congress.<\/li>\n<li>Mullin also has avoided responding with the same fervor as Noem to use-of-force incidents involving ICE or Customs and Border Patrol agents. Noem often drew criticism by immediately defending officers before any investigations were done, in some cases insulting the victims.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Friction point: <\/strong>The most recent shootings came shortly after ICE conducted another surge in immigration arrests, reaching <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2026\/07\/01\/us\/trump-news\" target=\"_blank\">2,000 per day<\/a>, according to the New York Times.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use-of-force incidents have increased during such surges in places such as Chicago, where there was a fatal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/chicago\/2025\/09\/14\/illinois-transparent-probe-ice-shooting-franklin-park\" target=\"_blank\">shooting<\/a> and a woman survived being shot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/marimar-martinez-shot-by-u-s-border-patrol-chicago-testify-capitol-hill\/\" target=\"_blank\">five<\/a> times; and Minneapolis, where two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/twin-cities\/2026\/01\/07\/ice-agent-shooting-south-minneapolis\" target=\"_blank\">American<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/twin-cities\/2026\/01\/24\/minneapolis-shooting-federal-agent\" target=\"_blank\">citizens<\/a> were fatally shot.<\/li>\n<li>White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/05\/28\/immigration-ice-deportations-stephen-miller\" target=\"_blank\">set<\/a> a yet-to-be-reached goal of arresting 3,000 people a day last summer.<\/li>\n<li>The current push to boost arrest numbers also means some ICE staffers are being asked to work seven-day weeks, at a time when new recruits are hitting the streets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mullin also has inherited<\/strong> the repercussions of a big hiring spree and training modifications imposed by Noem.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The shooter in Maine was a new ICE recruit with prior law enforcement experience, as the Atlantic first reported and a source confirmed to Axios.<\/li>\n<li>After congressional scrutiny of Noem&#8217;s training curriculum, mostly from Democrats, ICE <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/immigration\/2026\/05\/06\/ice-training-recruits-immigration-mullin-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\">reverted<\/a> back to a longer training protocol.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What they&#8217;re saying:<\/strong> &#8220;Secretary Mullin is working hard to implement the president&#8217;s immigration enforcement agenda,&#8221; White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Thanks to President Trump and Secretary Mullin, the border is totally secure, dangerous illegal immigrants are being deported, and Americans are safer.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The other side:<\/strong> Trump&#8217;s reversal of the vehicle-stop pause &#8220;could well lead to additional deaths, and I think the pause made a lot of sense to review the training and make sure the body cameras are fully deployed,&#8221; King said.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;So it&#8217;s a mistake that may turn out to be a tragic mistake.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late Tuesday at the White House, a livid President Trump complained to advisers about the Department of Homeland Security&#8217;s decision to pause the type of vehicle stops by ICE agents that had led to two fatal shootings in the past two weeks. 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