{"id":4937,"date":"2026-07-14T17:36:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T17:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4937"},"modified":"2026-07-14T17:36:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T17:36:06","slug":"collins-calls-for-ending-all-non-urgent-ice-car-stops-after-maine-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4937","title":{"rendered":"Collins calls for ending all \u2018non-urgent\u2019 ICE car stops after Maine shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>Senator Susan Collins of Maine on Tuesday urged federal immigration agents to cease \u201cnon-urgent\u201d car stops after an ICE agent fatally shot a man in Biddeford on Monday. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4935\">E. Jean Carroll is paid $5.8 million in Trump sex abuse and defamation case<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhile the investigation of the Biddeford shooting is not yet complete, it raises sufficient critical questions that I spoke with DHS Secretary [Markwayne] Mullin last night and urged him to cease all non-urgent vehicle stops,\u201d wrote Collins, a Republican seeking reelection, in an X posting late Tuesday morning. <\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Collins elaborated during remarks to reporters at the US Capitol on Tuesday. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI am also very eager to get the body-worn cameras out to all ICE officials,\u201d Collins said. \u201cIt should be mandatory.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Her remarks came after an ICE agent fatally shot Joan Sebastian Guerrero, a 26-year-old Colombian national, in Biddeford on Monday morning. Two immigrant rights groups said Monday the man had been authorized to work in the US.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>Get Starting Point<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><label>Enter Email<\/label><\/p>\n<div><button>Sign Up<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Authorities haven\u2019t named the ICE agent who opened fire but said he was placed on administrative leave. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Collins said Monday evening via X that Mullin had \u201cinformed me that the Boston office of the DHS Inspector General has taken over the investigation of the Biddeford shooting in cooperation with the FBI.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span>One of the senate candidates seeking to unseat Collins, Dr. Nirav D. Shah, a former CDC director, held a briefing on the shooting Tuesday outside her district office in Biddeford. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Shah pressed for \u201canswers and accountability\u201d from politicians in Washington, whom he accused of enabling violent acts by ICE agents. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4933\">After Lindsey Graham\u2019s death, questions linger about aging politicians and health transparency<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis lawlessness did not appear or occur in a vacuum,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is the direct result of a rogue federal agency running completely wild, operating with a total lack of transparency, and complete impunity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Shah specifically called out Collins, saying her actions did not match her words. She promised the she was a \u201cleader with the unique standing to pick up the phone, provide oversight, and fix things,\u201d he said. \u201cThe truth is, Senator Collins is never going to hold ICE accountable, because she is the one bankrolling it.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As the chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Collins holds a powerful position in Congress when it comes to federal spending, Shah said. She could have put \u201cstrict conditions\u201d on the money funneled to ICE. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cYet instead, time and time again, she has handed ICE a blank check,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat we have seen from Senator Collins is a pattern of enablement, and what we have seen from that is a record that has led directly to the tragedy and murder just yesterday.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Collins, in her separate remarks to reporters Tuesday in Washington referenced ICE budget appropriations in her call for agents to be outfitted with body cameras. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThat is $20 million that I negotiated back in January that became law in April,\u201d Collins said. \u201cThat also included other safeguards, such as additional funding for de-escalation training and also a 17 percent increase in the budget for the [DHS] Office of Inspector General to investigate\u201d cases such as the fatal shooting in Biddeford. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4931\">Abortion rights are on the ballot in 4 states. Here\u2019s what to know.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span><i>Material from prior Globe stories was used in this report.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Her remarks came after an ICE agent fatally shot Joan Sebastian Guerrero, a 26-year-old Colombian national, in Biddeford on Monday morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Collins calls for ending all \u2018non-urgent\u2019 ICE car stops after Maine shooting - Boston Relocation Insider<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4937\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Collins calls for ending all \u2018non-urgent\u2019 ICE car stops after Maine shooting - 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