Congress Must Rein In ICE's Deadly Force

Two men are dead in a single week. Both were killed by ICE agents during routine vehicle stops. Both left behind young children.

As multiple outlets report, an ICE agent — on the job for only a few months — fatally shot 26-year-old Joan Sebastián Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine, a father who was reportedly authorized to work in the U.S. Days earlier in Houston, an agent killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a father of three with no criminal record, while he drove his crew to a job site. Passengers in his van say ICE's claim that he tried to ram officers is false, and that shots came from the side, not the front.

There have now been at least 11 fatal shootings by ICE agents since the start of the administration's mass deportation campaign, including U.S. citizens Renée Good and Alex Pretti, both killed in Minneapolis. In case after case, DHS has rushed to justify these killings with claims that didn't hold up once video evidence emerged — and still, no agent has been publicly identified or charged.

ICE's response has been to quietly pause vehicle stops for retraining, not to answer for what happened. That's not accountability. That's damage control.

Add your name to demand that Congress launch a full investigation into these killings, mandate body cameras and independent oversight for every ICE enforcement operation, and hold agents accountable when deadly force is used without justification.

Two more families are grieving because federal agents opened fire first and answered for it later, if at all. Congress has the power to stop this pattern before it claims another life.