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{"id":26587,"date":"2026-07-28T22:20:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T22:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/trumps-border-czar-tom-homan-says-vetting-of-ice-officer-is-under-internal-review-after-maine-shooting\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T22:20:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T22:20:49","slug":"trumps-border-czar-tom-homan-says-vetting-of-ice-officer-is-under-internal-review-after-maine-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/trumps-border-czar-tom-homan-says-vetting-of-ice-officer-is-under-internal-review-after-maine-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s border czar Tom Homan says vetting of ICE officer is under internal review after Maine shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\">\n<div>\n<p>                                <bsp-timestamp data-timestamp=\"1785097212000\" data-recent-thresholdinhours=\"1\">                    <template data-date-tpl>Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year]<\/template>                    <span data-date><\/span>                <\/bsp-timestamp>            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                                    <bsp-page-actions>                            <\/bsp-page-actions>                                                            <\/div>\n<div>\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/donald-trump\">President Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a><\/span>  border czar said Sunday that the vetting of an immigration officer involved in the deadly shooting of a Colombian native in Maine is under internal review after relatives <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ice-david-brouillette-johan-guerrero-maine-shooting-dbc30d6d59e2a95fb470afc188e125c6\">revealed to The Associated Press<\/a><\/span>  that he had a history of serious mental health struggles and violent behavior.<\/p>\n<p><span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/tom-homan-minneapolis-donald-trump-immigration-minnesota-29e2d3b1ba1cab7cfe971f92ee04abd6\">Tom Homan<\/a><\/span>  said if the <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ice-david-brouillette-johan-guerrero-maine-shooting-5b05ceb7b1dc94584fdc2e42f9c82ade\">allegations against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer<\/a><\/span>  are true, &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think he should ever have cleared vetting.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s several things under review,&rdquo; Homan said on BLN about the officer, Army veteran David Brouillette. &ldquo;The training is under review. I know this specific case, as far as the vetting, is under review by the internal affairs section.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Questions about the Department of Homeland Security&rsquo;s rush to <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/main-shooting-ice-hiring-immigration-68d4a9d7d178311549f01f8fd5144511\">hire, train and deploy<\/a><\/span>  thousands of new ICE officers to carry out Trump&rsquo;s immigration crackdown have come into stark focus after back-to-back <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ice-shooting-maine-immigration-dhs-f26f8c2256aa6f0748582ea4adbb515c\">fatal shootings of immigrants<\/a><\/span>  in Maine and Houston.<\/p>\n<p>Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/border-security-ice-immigration-markwayne-mullin-trump-1c5010c3a2cf043aa9824937ef44cff2\">ordered a pause<\/a><\/span>  in vehicle stops after the fatal Maine shooting, but Trump almost immediately reversed course and insisted the stops resume as a necessary tool in his campaign to round up and deport immigrants who are in the U.S. without current legal status. <\/p>\n<p>Homeland Security did not immediately respond Sunday to a request for comment about the internal review.<\/p>\n<h2>ICE issues new requirement for body-worn cameras during vehicle stops<\/h2>\n<p>Homan said that &ldquo;changes have been made&rdquo; and that acting ICE director David Venturella has issued a new directive that <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/cameras-body-worn-houston-shooting-ice-immigration-trump-aa316992c75fcd919726afc4db6f4098\">body-worn cameras must be in use<\/a><\/span>  if officers make a vehicle stop.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Right now, on all vehicle stops, there&rsquo;s at least one body camera on site to record the entire event,&rdquo; he said. <\/p>\n<p>He said Venturella &ldquo;sent an instruction out that he wants at least one body camera on those vehicle stops, so we have everything on video.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s unclear if the steps that the department is taking will be enough to <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ice-shooting-maine-trump-immigration-788167305f5564df14ce1b2774035c7b\">quell the concerns<\/a><\/span>  coming from certain lawmakers in Congress over Homeland Security&rsquo;s training and tactics as tries to reach Trump&rsquo;s mass deportation goals.<\/p>\n<div data-module data-module-trackunsubscribe data-align-center>                <bsp-list-loadmore data-module data-gtm-region=\"Hub peek - default for articles - (can be moved in article, but don't change source)\" data-gtm-topic=\"No Value\" data-gtm-headline=\"Related Stories\" data-hide-dates=\"true\" data-max-number-of-posts=\"4\" data-parsely-title=\"Related Stories\" data-parsely-enabled=\"true\" data-is-hub-peek data-gtm-modulestyle=\"List B\">            <a id=\"more-section-display-name\"><\/a>        <\/p>\n<div data-animate=\"fromBottom\" data-gtm-region=\"Florida&rsquo;s &lsquo;Alligator Alcatraz&rsquo; immigration detention center has closed, governor says\" data-gtm-topic=\"No Value\" data-align-top data-mobile-alt-layout=\"true\" data-hide-dates=\"true\" data-posted-date-timestamp=\"1782403541000\" data-updated-date-timestamp=\"1782417588000\" data-list-loadmore-items><a aria-label=\"Florida&rsquo;s &lsquo;Alligator Alcatraz&rsquo; immigration detention center has closed, governor says\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/alligator-alcatraz-closure-florida-immigration-detention-3c371f51fe71ed64b7ae9d22d0fab5cb\">             <picture data-crop=\"medium-nocrop\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"><source media=\"(min-width: 600px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\"><source width=\"599\" height=\"399\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Trucks come and go from the \" alligator alcatraz immigration detention center in the florida everglades aug. collier county fla. photo blackwell file width=\"599\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/d6f80a9\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5382x3588+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F11%2F6f%2F10cd7f5c03102dba3d838eed9e54%2Fc2a14339275d46b6babcd38a03cb089c\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/a><\/div>\n<p>    <\/bsp-list-loadmore>    <\/div>\n<h2>Lawmakers push for answers but have more questions<\/h2>\n<p>Lawmakers from both parties have <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/maine-ice-shooting-immigration-ice-trump-border-5662948e22014709dcef74c3a559419c\">raised concerns<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/border-immigration-ice-policy-force-trump-deportations-98671c5205e8b50054eb87d308a08786\">Democrats pressed ICE officials<\/a><\/span>  during a closed-door briefing for the House Homeland Security Committee last week, leaving some with more questions than answers.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers were told during the briefing that there have been 56 complaints of excessive force against ICE officers &mdash; 32 were cleared, and one was referred for disciplinary action. <\/p>\n<p>No discipline had yet been handed out, the lawmakers said they were told. The rest of the incidents are still under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, chair of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, has pushed for the use of body-worn cameras and ensured funding for the effort. She had said it was &ldquo;extremely unfortunate&rdquo; that the officer involved in the shooting in her home state was not using a camera.<\/p>\n<h2>Homeland Security is under scrutiny but also faces pressure to increase deportations<\/h2>\n<p>The Trump administration has failed to meet its goal of deporting 1 million people a year, despite an intense immigration enforcement crackdown that has resulted in violent scenes in cities nationwide.<\/p>\n<p><span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/immigration-enforcement-deaths-eight-houston-35b6d6f9b9715edd064009e195547b2b\">At least 10 people have died<\/a><\/span>  in encounters with immigration officers since the start of Trump&rsquo;s mass deportation campaign.<\/p>\n<p>While the Trump administration insists it is targeting the &ldquo;worst of the worst&rdquo; criminals, that has not always been the result and American citizens also have been among the deaths.<\/p>\n<p>The ICE officer shot 25-year-old Johan Sebasti&aacute;n Dur&aacute;n Guerrero, a Colombian national who was killed in his car near his home in the coastal city of Biddeford.<\/p>\n<p>In Houston, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was killed July 7 when ICE officers chased his white work van through the streets, <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ice-shooting-houston-lorenzo-salgado-araugo-10cf77f29d4559f0f3796342b946031a\">then shot him through the window<\/a><\/span>  in front of his work crew, including his brother.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, two Americans protesting ICE actions in Minneapolis, <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ice-shooting-minneapolis-minnesota-9aa822670b705c89906f2c699f1d16c5\">Renee Good<\/a><\/span>  and Alex Pretti, a <span><a data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/immigration-enforcement-minnesota-protester-alex-pretti-15ade7de6e19cb0291734e85dac763dc\">37-year-old nurse<\/a><\/span>were killed, sparking a backlash nationwide. <\/p>\n<p>Democrats launched the longest agency shutdown in history earlier this year when they refused to fund Homeland Security in a largely failed attempt to force the administration to impose various restraints on the officers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/maine-shooting-immigration-ice-vetting-9a8cfccc9e509766fb65effaa607a65b\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; President Donald Trump&rsquo;s border czar said Sunday that the vetting of an immigration officer involved in the deadly shooting of a Colombian native in Maine is under internal review after relatives revealed to The Associated Press that he had a history of serious mental health [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trump"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}