Maine governor urges Congress to reform or abolish ICE after fatal shooting

Source: ABC News

July 15, 2026, 5:29 PM


As a new video emerged capturing gunshots and yelling in a fatal shooting in Maine involving federal immigration officers, the state's governor called on Congress to immediately reform and rein in ICE "before more families are robbed of a loved one."

Maine Gov. Janet Mills spoke out in a letter on Wednesday, the same day President Donald Trump overturned a temporary pause in traffic stops made by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

An investigation into Monday's shooting in Biddeford, Maine, that left a Colombian migrant dead during a traffic stop continued on Wednesday after Maine Sen. Angus King said Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told him the man who was killed was not the target of the ICE enforcement operation.

"Before more families are robbed of a loved one, this violence has to end. Before one more community is robbed of its peace and security, this has to end. Before more gunshots shatter another windshield, steal another person’s life and fracture the freedom of all who seek peace, this has to end," Mills wrote in her letter to the Maine Congressional Delegation.

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