More than 60 people have died in ICE shootings or while in detention since Donald Trump returned to power.
By Caolán Magee
(Al Jazeera) – The fatal shooting of a 26-year-old Colombian man by a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Maine has become the latest flashpoint in President Donald Trump’s aggressive crackdown on foreign nationals.
Human rights groups identified the man killed in Biddeford on Monday as a Colombian national authorised to work in the US. Colombia’s embassy said it was in contact with American authorities and was providing consular assistance to his family.
The shooting comes amid a sharp increase in immigration arrests, renewed protests and mounting concern over the growing number of people killed during ICE raids and other enforcement operations. Scrutiny is also growing over the rising death toll inside immigration detention facilities.
Here’s what we know.
What happened in Maine?
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which oversees ICE, said agents were conducting surveillance at an address linked to someone who had received a final order of removal from the country.
