ICE Shootings Prompt Calls for Accountability

Two fatal shootings by ICE agents in Texas and Maine ignited protests and demands for accountability, as the Department of Homeland Security pledged body cameras for all officers within 60 days.

The Maine officer had a history of violent behaviour and mental illness, according to relatives and records, and leading Democratic Senate candidates in the state united behind abolishing ICE. Human Rights Watch called for a minute’s silence at the World Cup final for the victims.

Mexico’s ambassador met with ICE officials to demand answers after one of its citizens was killed, while a cancer survivor was hospitalised three times in ICE custody.