Calls to remove ICE from US streets grow after agents fatally shoot two men who were not targets

Fatal shootings of two men not targeted by ICE operations have prompted advocacy groups to demand the agency's removal from US streets.

• On 7 July, ICE agents in Houston shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52-year-old builder who was not the intended target of the operation.
• On 13 July, an ICE officer in Maine shot and killed Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, a 26-year-old Colombian who was not the target of the surveillance operation.
• Advocacy groups, including the National Police Accountability Project and CHIRLA, have called for independent investigations and the removal of ICE from US communities.
• Federal immigration officials were instructed to pause vehicle stops after the two killings, NBC News reported.

Latest developments

• Jul 15 — Community groups in Houston have demanded that Mayor John Whitmire and the city council take action after the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a business owner and father of three.