Immigration Enforcement-Florida
In this photo provided by the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office, the eastbound lanes of SR 16 between Outlet Mall Boulevard and Inman Road in St. Augustine, Fla., are shutdown after a fatal collision.
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Authorities say a man running from an encounter with immigration and other federal agents in Florida was struck and killed by a tractor trailer. The 28-year-old was among four occupants of a vehicle that stopped in the parking lot of a gas station and convenience store in St. Augustine before 7 a.m. on Tuesday. Police say during the encounter with agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as well as Homeland Security Investigations, the four fled on foot. Police say one darted across a busy road into the path of the semi. It marks the third death in a week involving encounters with ICE agents.
President Donald Trump says Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers should continue vehicle stops despite recent fatal shootings. Trump's statements Wednesday run counter to a new suspension of the stop that are used as part of his immigration crackdown. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin responded by saying later Wednesday that people illegally in the country would be “arrested and deported wherever they are.” But Mullin’s statement didn’t say whether ICE officers will be allowed to make traffic stops. ICE’s enforcement tactics are coming under new criticism after three people have died during encounters with federal officers in just a week.
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