Someone Ordered ICE to Stand Down on Traffic Stops, But Trump Just Ordered Them to Get Back to Work

Somebody inside DHS issued a directive last week telling ICE agents to halt virtually all vehicle stops — one of the most effective tools in their enforcement arsenal. Nobody has publicly admitted to giving that order. Trump woke up Wednesday morning and made his position unmistakably clear: get back out there.

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— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 15, 2026

He wrote:

The men and women of ICE are doing a GREAT job, one that has to be done. CRIME IS WAY DOWN IN AMERICA, in many cases with numbers that haven’t been seen in decades. The Open Border Policy of Sleepy Joe Biden allowed 25,000,000 people to pour into our Country, unchecked and unvetted. Many were Criminals, and continue reading …

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