Trump directs ICE to resume traffic stops, one day after pause

One day after the Department of Homeland Security told Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to temporarily halt most traffic stops, President Donald Trump said ICE agents should continue making stops. “We have to get them out,” Trump wrote on social media, referring to people in the U.S. illegally. “In order to do this, we must be strong, tough, and smart, and we CANNOT give up one of I.C.E.’s most important and effective Crime Fighting tools, THE TRAFFIC STOP! Once we do, we are playing right into the criminal’s hands. The Radical Left Dumocrats would like to see this done, but it won’t happen on my watch. I.C.E., be judicious, fair and smart, and go back and do your very important job.” The Trump administration on Tuesday ordered ICE agents to pause most traffic stops after deadly incidents in Maine and Texas. One day after the order, Trump ordered ICE agents to resume traffic stops, a White House official told Scripps News. Agents were not wearing body cameras during the Maine or Texas incidents. White House border czar Tom Homan said Democrats were to blame for agents not having cameras, citing delays in funding for ICE activities. Homan added that ICE agents undergo “extensive” training on traffic stops. He said on Tuesday the decision on whether to resume traffic stops would fall to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and interim ICE Director David Venturella. Ultimately, however, it was Trump who intervened in the decision to resume traffic stops. “They're going to make sure that the training is sufficient,” Homan said Tuesday. “Did anything go wrong? I'm confident they're going to get back to their policy of vehicle stops, but they're doing what they believe is a necessary short-term pause just to look at it and make sure everything's good.” ------------------------------------- Follow Scripps News on other platforms— Join our newsletter at https://bit.ly/2q1tepr Follow us on Facebook:   / scrippsnews   Follow us on X: https://x.com/scrippsnews Follow us on Instagram:   / scrippsnews   Follow us on TikTok:   / scrippsnews