A federal immigration officer shot and killed a man in Biddeford, Maine on Monday, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed, just days after a man was killed by an immigration officer during a traffic stop in Texas.
In the statement, DHS claimed Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were “conducting targeted surveillance on the last known address of an illegal alien with a final order of removal”.
DHS claimed “an illegal alien” left the residence agents were surveilling in a vehicle, which law enforcement “attempted” to stop. It said: “The vehicle attempted to flee the scene and, fearing for public safety, an officer discharged his weapon.”
The person killed by the agent was not the target of an immigration enforcement operation, Maine senator Angus King said on Monday afternoon on CNN, reversing an earlier statement at a press conference.
Local immigrants’ rights groups said the victim was a 26-year-old Colombian man.
Some more facts:
Biddeford is a town of about 23,000 in the south-eastern corner of Maine. Susan Collins has an office there, which was swarmed with protesters after word of the shooting got out:
Meanwhile, the wheels of justice are turning slowly, but at some point the murderers of Renee Good and Alex Pretti are going to be brought to justice:
At this point, we need to make sure the masked goons who are wilding in our streets killing citizens, green card holders and innocent undocumented immigrants understand that justice will be coming for them.
How any Democratic candidate for office can have a position other than “Abolish ICE” at this point is something I don’t understand.
