Rep. Menefee Statement on ICE Suspending Vehicle Stops

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Christian D. Menefee (TX-18), whose district is adjacent to the Houston neighborhood where ICE agents fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo one week ago today, issued the following statement after reports that ICE is suspending most vehicle stops following the fatal shootings in Texas and Maine.

“A temporary training won’t solve a deeply engrained problem. ICE has been radicalized. Its agents have shot and killed unarmed people across the country. The agency needs to be torn down to the studs. Immigration enforcement shouldn’t be heavily militarized and chasing people through our streets. The American people deserve competent leadership and law enforcement that is transparent, accountable, and worthy of the public’s trust.”