Early Wednesday morning, Trump ordered ICE to resume traffic stops just a day after DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin made the decision to pause the enforcement tactic after Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52, in Houston, and Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, 26, in Maine, were both fatally shot by ICE during traffic stops.
After the Maine ICE shooting, which occurred Monday, the state's senator, Susan Collins, requested Secretary Mullin stop “all non-urgent vehicle stops.” Her request was granted for a short time, as ABC News reported a senior ICE official sent an email ordering the immediate stop of all vehicle stops.
Despite border czar Tom Homan calling the decision "a bump in the road," the news of the decision was met with swift backlash from conservatives online, who made their displeasure with the administration known, with Laura Loomer calling for Mullin's rhetorical deportation and Tomi Lahren saying the move was tantamount to betrayal and that it could prompt Trump voters to stay home this November.
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