Collins, Jackson Clash Over $70 Billion ICE Funding After Guerrero Killing in Maine Debate
Updated
Updated · Fox News · Oct 14
Collins, Jackson Clash Over $70 Billion ICE Funding After Guerrero Killing in Maine Debate
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 14
Summary
$70 billion in immigration-enforcement funding became the sharpest flashpoint in Maine’s Senate debate, with Troy Jackson accusing Susan Collins of bankrolling ICE after Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero’s death.
Collins rejected blame and argued ICE should be reformed, not abolished, citing body-worn cameras now issued to Maine and national ICE agents and a 17% increase for the inspector general’s budget.
Jackson said Guerrero’s July 13 shooting in Biddeford showed ICE had become a “rogue agency” serving Donald Trump, and he called for shifting its funding to other law enforcement.
Guerrero, a 25-year-old Colombian national who was not the target of the operation, was fatally shot after ICE said he tried to flee officers in a vehicle during an arrest operation.
The exchange came in the candidates’ third debate before the Nov. 3 election, in a closely watched Maine race that could help decide Senate control.