ICE Opens Internal Review of Officer Vetting After 1 Fatal Maine Shooting
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Updated · South China Morning Post · Jul 26
ICE Opens Internal Review of Officer Vetting After 1 Fatal Maine Shooting
3 articles · Updated · South China Morning Post · Jul 26
Summary
Tom Homan said ICE internal affairs is reviewing how officer David Brouillette cleared vetting after the July 13 fatal shooting of a Colombian man in Biddeford, Maine.
Homan said Brouillette should not have passed screening if relatives' claims of serious mental health struggles and violent behavior are accurate; the officer's training is also under review.
The case has intensified scrutiny of DHS's push to hire and deploy thousands of new ICE officers for Trump's immigration crackdown after back-to-back fatal shootings in Maine and Houston.
Markwayne Mullin briefly paused ICE vehicle stops after the Maine shooting, but Trump quickly ordered them resumed, calling the tactic necessary to find and deport immigrants without current legal status.