{"id":6513,"date":"2026-07-15T08:29:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T03:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=6513"},"modified":"2026-07-15T08:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T03:29:13","slug":"ice-and-the-senate-react-to-the-latest-shootings-from-the-politics-desk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=6513","title":{"rendered":"ICE and the Senate react to the latest shootings: From the Politics Desk"},"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<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"anchor-98de12\" class=\"body-graf\"><em>Welcome to <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/link.nbcnews.com\/join\/5cj\/nbc-news-politics-signup\" target=\"_blank\"><em>From the Politics Desk<\/em><\/a><em>, a daily newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team\u2019s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><button class=\"styles_subscriptionCTA__LOUeY\" id=\"subscriptionCTA\" type=\"button\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,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\" alt=\"NBC News Icon\" class=\"styles_icon__wRwWv\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"styles_textWrapper__vxvko\">\n<p class=\"styles_text__daaVB styles_textLarge__qlzwu\">Subscribe to read this story ad-free<\/p>\n<p class=\"styles_text__daaVB\">Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/rockcms\/2026-01\/arrow-f55fa5.svg\" alt=\"arrow\" class=\"styles_arrow__tnruW\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/button><\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-bfa5fa\" class=\"body-graf\"><em>In today\u2019s edition, our national security and politics teams dig into the policy and electoral fallout after ICE officers fatally shot two men in recent days. And our legal reporters watched as Supreme Court justices testified before Congress in a bid for more security funding.<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-65e754\" class=\"body-graf\"><a href=\"https:\/\/link.nbcnews.com\/join\/5cj\/nbc-news-politics-signup\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Sign up to receive this newsletter in your inbox every weekday here.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-346bf6\" class=\"body-graf\"><em>\u2014 Scott Bland<\/em><\/p>\n<hr class=\"body-hori-rule\"\/>\n<h2 id=\"anchor-af14f1\" class=\"body-heading\">ICE tells officers to stop car pursuits amid uproar after shooting<\/h2>\n<p id=\"anchor-bb2a76\" class=\"body-graf\">ICE <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/ice-told-stop-pursuing-people-cars-pressure-arrest-blamed-fatal-shooti-rcna587458\">has issued a nationwide order<\/a> to all officers to stop pursuing people in vehicles, according to a senior Department of Homeland Security official and two former senior DHS officials, NBC News\u2019 <strong>Julia Ainsley<\/strong>, <strong>Laura Strickler<\/strong>, <strong>Suzanne Gamboa<\/strong>, <strong>Daniella Silva<\/strong> and <strong>Nicole Acevedo<\/strong> report. The move comes after ICE officers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/biddeford-maine-ice-investigation-fatal-shooting-rcna587279\">fatally shot two men in less than a week in Maine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/lorenzo-salgado-araujo-houston-ice-shooting-immigration-rcna353579\">and Texas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-82447b\" class=\"body-graf\">The pause is temporary, according to a senior DHS official with knowledge of the policy change. The official added that ICE is \u201cevaluating the incidents to determine what additional training is needed to reduce the negative outcomes we are seeing.\u201d There is no scheduled timeline for when the pause might lift. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-f5b68c\" class=\"body-graf\">The ICE officers in both cases were making vehicle stops when they ended up killing men who were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/biddeford-maine-ice-investigation-fatal-shooting-rcna587279\">not their original targets<\/a> for arrest, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/ice-was-searching-different-person-officer-killed-man-houston-lawmaker-rcna353783\">local officials said<\/a>. The two shootings took place after the administration upped the pressure on immigration agents to step up arrests, sources have told NBC News.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-6d5cfd\" class=\"body-graf\">Meanwhile, as Democratic candidates for Senate in Maine rushed to condemn the shooting, Republican Sen. <strong>Susan Collins <\/strong>called for an investigation and said today that she has been in frequent touch with Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/elections\/ice-shooting-maine-sparks-uproar-puts-spotlight-gop-sen-susan-collins-rcna587496\"><strong>Sahil Kapur<\/strong> and <strong>Frank Thorp V <\/strong>report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-e8a03f\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cI had three conversations with Secretary Mullin yesterday. In the third conversation, we discussed the fact that it would be wise for DHS to have a halt in non-urgent traffic stops until we get this straightened out,\u201d Collins told reporters. \u201cWe still are awaiting the facts of this investigation. We don\u2019t know exactly what happened, but there are sufficient critical questions to justify bringing non-emergency traffic stops to a halt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-c882e5\" class=\"body-graf\">Sen. <strong>Angus King<\/strong>, I-Maine, said he is \u201cextremely\u201d disappointed that the agent involved was not wearing a body camera: \u201cThere\u2019s no excuse for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-507f69\" class=\"body-graf\">He said the pressure on ICE agents to meet a quota of arrests has, \u201cof course,\u201d contributed to shootings like the one in Maine. \u201cThere\u2019s pressure to go after anybody that they can find that has any semblance of a reason for an arrest and detention,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-1c2533\" class=\"body-graf\">Collins said she was not aware that ICE officers were facing pressure to carry out more arrests.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-9c26c7\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cI would be concerned if I knew that to be true,\u201d she said. \u201cBut I have not heard that at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"body-hori-rule\"\/>\n<h2 id=\"anchor-13e151\" class=\"body-heading\"><strong>Justice Barrett recounts swatting incident in testimony before Congress<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"anchor-37d3c7\" class=\"body-heading\">By Lawrence Hurley and Gary Grumbach<\/h3>\n<p id=\"anchor-5098d8\" class=\"body-graf\">Justice <strong>Amy Coney Barrett <\/strong>today recounted a recent \u201dswatting\u201d incident at her home in testimony before Congress as the Supreme Court seeks additional funds to combat a rise in security threats.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-710cb7\" class=\"body-graf\">Barrett, a member of the court\u2019s conservative majority, is appearing alongside liberal Justice <strong>Elena Kagan <\/strong>at back-to-back hearings in the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government and the Senate\u2019s version of that committee.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-b1b83b\" class=\"body-graf\">Supreme Court justices as well as judges throughout the federal judiciary have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/judges-ruled-trump-say-harassment-threats-changed-lives-rcna248445\">increasingly been the targets of threats<\/a>, harassment and \u201cswatting\u201d incidents, in which false calls are made to police about violence at their home addresses.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-376e0f\" class=\"body-graf\">In her remarks during the House hearing, Barrett confirmed details of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/supreme-court\/justice-amy-coney-barrett-home-targeted-apparent-swatting-incident-rcna347406\"> incident<\/a> that took place in May at her home in Fairfax County, Virginia.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-c1b64b\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cOne of my teenage sons opened the door to go out with friends and saw in our street, it was full of police cars who had responded to a false report of gunshots and raised voices in my home,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-878a58\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cI was very, very grateful that I had Supreme Court police outside my home because they were able to stop and meet with and explain to the county police that it had been a false alarm, and so the police did not actually attempt to enter our home,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-91405e\" class=\"body-graf\">The justices faced a receptive audience, with members of Congress also facing regular threats and harassment.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-e97044\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cWhatever one\u2019s view of the specific Supreme Court ruling, judicial officers, up to and including the justices of the Supreme Court, must be able to do their jobs without fear for their safety or their family\u2019s safety,\u201d said Rep. <strong>Dave Joyce<\/strong>, R-Ohio, who chairs the House subcommittee.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-7bcdb1\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cCongress must provide sufficient funding to ensure the safety of all judicial personnel,\u201d said Rep. <strong>Steny Hoyer<\/strong>, D-Md., the senior Democrat on the subcommittee.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-305498\" class=\"body-graf\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/supreme-court\/supreme-court-justices-ask-congress-additional-security-funding-rcna353329\"><strong>Read more \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr class=\"body-hori-rule\"\/>\n<div class=\"summary-box\" data-testid=\"summary-box\" id=\"anchor-61ac8a\">\n<div class=\"summary-box__content\">\n<h2 class=\"summary-box__headline\">\ud83d\uddde\ufe0f Today\u2019s other top stories<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"summary-box__items\">\n<li><strong>\u270b Swearing in: Darline Graham<\/strong> was sworn in this afternoon to fill the seat of her older brother, Sen. <strong>Lindsey Graham<\/strong>, R-S.C., three days after he died unexpectedly. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/darline-graham-sworn-senator-fill-brother-lindsey-grahams-seat-rcna587457\">Read more \u2192<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><strong>\ud83d\udcb0 Three years later: <\/strong>Journalist and advice columnist <strong>E. Jean Carroll<\/strong> has collected $5.6 million from Trump after a jury found him liable for defamation and sexual abuse. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/e-jean-carroll-collects-5-million-trump-3-years-jury-found-liable-sexu-rcna587484\">Read more \u2192<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><strong>\ud83d\udea2 Iran update:<\/strong> Trump dropped the imposition of an American fee to traverse the Strait of Hormuz but said the U.S. would reimpose a \u201cFULL Blockade\u201d of Iran. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/world\/iran\/trump-blockade-iran-control-strait-hormuz-attacks-shipping-rcna587253\">Read more \u2192 <\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u274c Maybe next time: <\/strong>The Democrats seeking to take <strong>Graham Platner<\/strong>\u2019s place as the party\u2019s Senate nominee in Maine share something in common: They all made unsuccessful bids for higher office this year. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2026-election\/election-losers-fighting-replace-graham-platner-maine-rcna385930\">Read more \u2192<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udfdb\ufe0f <strong>Graham fallout<\/strong>: With the late Sen. <strong>Lindsey Graham<\/strong>\u2019s death, Israel has lost a staunch ally for its increasingly unpopular cause. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/world\/israel\/lindsey-graham-death-israel-support-gaza-war-ally-republican-party-rcna587430\">Read more \u2192<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\ud83e\uddd0 <strong>Always the skeptics: <\/strong>Conspiracy theories about Sen. <strong>Mitch McConnell<\/strong>\u2019s health have spread after his office posted a hospital photo. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/conspiracy-theories-sen-mcconnells-health-spread-office-posts-hospital-rcna587333\">Read more \u2192<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>\ud83d\uddf3\ufe0f Rocking the vote: <\/strong>Longtime Republican operative <strong>Dallas Woodhouse<\/strong> resigned from the North Carolina auditor\u2019s office Monday, days after he was ordered to stop working on election matters. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2026-election\/dallas-woodhouse-resigns-north-carolina-auditor-early-voting-2026-rcna587436\">Read more \u2192<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"body-hori-rule\"\/>\n<p id=\"anchor-d043fb\" class=\"body-graf\"><em>That\u2019s all From the Politics Desk for now. 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