Colombian national killed by ICE agent during operation in Maine
Colombian national killed by ICE agent during operation in Maine - Published An ICE agent has fatally shot a Colombian national during an immigration...
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- Colombian national killed by ICE agent during operation in Maine - Published An ICE agent has fatally shot a Colombian national during an immigration enforcement operation in the US state of Maine, a week after the agency used deadly force against another migrant in a Texas traffic stop.
- In the latest incident, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said agents were watching an address for a person with a final order of removal in Biddeford at around 07:00 EDT (11:00 GMT) on Monday.
- When ICE tried to stop someone driving from that address, "the vehicle attempted to flee the scene and, fearing for public safety, an officer discharged his weapon", ICE said, adding "the driver of the vehicle was struck".
- Fellow Maine Senator Angus King, a political independent, said he was initially told by DHS chief Markwayne Mullin that the person who was shot dead was a target of an arrest warrant in an immigration operation.
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Colombian national killed by ICE agent during operation in Maine - Published An ICE agent has fatally shot a Colombian national during an immigration enforcement operation in the US state of Maine, a week after the agency used deadly force against another migrant in a Texas traffic stop. In the latest incident, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said agents were watching an address for a person with a final order of removal in Biddeford at around 07:00 EDT (11:00 GMT) on Monday. When ICE tried to stop someone driving from that address, "the vehicle attempted to flee the scene and, fearing for public safety, an officer discharged his weapon", ICE said, adding "the driver of the vehicle was struck". Fellow Maine Senator Angus King, a political independent, said he was initially told by DHS chief Markwayne Mullin that the person who was shot dead was a target of an arrest warrant in an immigration operation. "He was in a vehicle - pulled out in the vehicle, and the term the secretary used was 'weaponised' the vehicle and was shot by an ICE agent," King said. Federal officials later acknowledged that the Mexican man was not the intended target of the enforcement operation, but...